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History  of  Pencader 
Presbyterian  Church 


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REV.    THOMAS   C.    POTTER. 


HISTORY 


OF 


Pencader  Presbyterian  Church, 

HISTORICAL  ADDRESSES 

Delivered  on  the  occasion  of  the  Celebration  of  the 

7otli  Anniversary 

OF 

The  Woman's  Missionary  Society 


OF 


PENCADER   PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 
GLASGOW,  DEL.,  October  15th,  i8yy. 


In  the   lyoth  year  of  the  Church's  existence  in  Welsh  Tract,  as  verified 

by  a  Minute  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  for  vSept.   20,   1710, 

and  in  the  19yth  year  of  the  Grant  of  Wni.  Penn  to  its  Founders. 


Rkv.  J.  L.  Vallandigham,  D.D.  I^L.D. 

Mrs.  J.  WiLKiNS  Cooch, 

\V.  T.  Skinner,  M.D., 

AND 

George  A.  Blake,  Esq.,  of  the  Elkton  Bar. 


SEVENTIETH    ANNIVERSARY 


OF    THE 


WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


OF 


Pencader  Presbyterian  Church, 

GLASGOW,    DELAWARE. 


OCTOBER  15th,   1899. 


Officers: 
President,  Mrs.  J.  Wilkins  Cooch, 
Vice-President,  Mrs.  R.  M.  Cann, 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Skinner, 
Treasurer,  Miss  M.  A.  Alrichs, 
Sec.  of  Literature,  Mrs.  Adella  A.  Green. 


PROGRAM. 


Morning  io  o'clock. 

Invocation  and  Scripture  Reading, 

By  the  Pastor,  The  Rev.  T.  C.  Potter. 

Hymn  :     No.  609. 

Prayer. 

Sketches  of  some  Pencader  Pastors, 

By  The  Rev.  J.  h.  Vallandigham,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Solo:   Miss  Julia  H.  Newton. 

History  of  the  Woman's  Missionary  Society, 

By  Mrs.  J.  Wilkins  Cooch. 

Offering. 

Hymn  :   No.  175. 

Benediction. 

Afternoon  2.30  o'clock. 
Hymn  :  No.  643. 

Scripture  Reading. 

Prayer. 

History  of  Pencader  Church, 

By  W.  T.  Skinner,  M.D. 

Solo:   Miss  Perkins. 

Missionary   Address. 

By  Mrs.  M.  M.  Carleton,  of  India. 

Offering. 

Hymn:     No.  645. 

Benediction. 


NOTABLE  MISSIONARY  ANNIVERSARY. 

A  jubilee  meeting  of  great  interest  and  power  occurred  in  the 
Pencader  Presbyterian  Church,  Glasgow,  Delaware,  on  Sabbath, 
October  15th.  It  was  upon  the  Seventieth  Anniversary  of  the 
organization  of  the  Woman's  Missionary  Society  of  that  church. 
Few  American  churches  may  yet  have  the  privilege  of  saying 
that  any  religious  society  within  their  organization  has  attained 
even  to  fifty  years,  but  here  in  this  thrifty  little  mother  of 
churches,  has  existed  a  regular  Woman's  Missionary  Society  for 
the  above  length  of  time,  as  may  be  proved  by  a  written  record  in 
the  Treasurer's  Book  of  the  Pencader  Church  dated  April  26,  1829; 
and  by  subsequent  registered  contributions,  recorded  by  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions. 

This  church  has  an  elder,  David  B.  Ferris,  who  united  with 
it  upon  profession  of  faith  in  1844.  His  mother,  an  eminently 
pious  and  much  beloved  woman,  who  was  among  those  first 
banded  together  to  labor  and  pray  in  the  Pencader  Church  for  the 
spirit  of  missions  in  their  own  midst,  and  the  spread  of  the  same 
spirit  throughout  our  country  and  the  world,  gave  to  the  above 
son  and  elder  before  her  death,  the  substance  of  her  recollections 
regarding  the  formation  of  the  Pencader  Church  Woman's 
Missionary  Society,  and  a  Document  signed  by  twenty-nine 
women. 

This  paper  dated  in  18 19,  was  exhibited  by  Mrs.  J.  Wilkins 
Cooch  at  the  time  of  her  address  on  the  day  of  the  jubilee,  and  is 
in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  The  society  at  Glasgow  is  there- 
fore likely  to  be  eighty  years  of  age,  for  it  may  be  presumed  to 
have  been  in  working  order  when  Mrs.  Ferris' s  annotations  were 
recorded  in  18 19. 

Pencader  Church  is  a  rural  parish  in  New  Castle  County, 
Delaware.  It  is  the  mother  of  the  church  at  Elkton,  Maryland, 
of  which  the  Rev.  John  McElmoyle  is  now  pastor,  and  from 
which  it  is  distant  five  miles,  and  equally  distant  from  Newark, 
Delaware.  It  is  in  one  of  the  oldest  sections  of  the  United 
States,  having  been  originally  settled  by  families  from  Wales, 
and  is  historically  known  as  Welsh  Tract,  which  tract  extended 


over  into  Chester  County,  Pennsylvania.  The  whole  tract  was 
first  in  one  pastoral  charge,  and  the  first  pastor  was  the  Rev. 
David  Evans,  a  Welshman,  who  was  settled  over  the  church  in 
1 7 14,  although  the  written  records  show  that  the  Pencader 
Church  was  on  the  roll  of  the  Presbytery  in  17 10.  There  are 
unwritten  evidences  that  the  church  was  organized  in  1684,  and 
w^as  virtually  two  hundred  years  old  in  1884,  but  its  officers  and 
members  believing  at  present,  that  written  Presbyterial  and  State 
documentary  evidence  does  not  substantiate  its  formal  existence 
until  1 7 10,  prefer  to  lay  no  claims  which  ma}^  not  quickly  be 
proved  by  historical  records.  The  congregation  is  looking  for- 
ward to  an  historical  event  of  great  interest,  at  the  end  of  ten 
years,  w^hen  this  community  will  unite  in  celebrating  the  200th 
anniversary  of  the  founding  of  this  church. 

On  October  15th,  when  the  Woman's  Society  Jubilee  occurred, 
there  were  services  all  da}',  and  large  audiences  were  present. 
People  from  the  surrounding  country  came,  for,  as  is  likely  in  all 
old  sections,  many,  particularly  women,  had  had  mothers  and 
grandmothers  who  had  worked  for  the  Lord's  cause  in  this 
missionary  society.  The  society  gave  the  charge  of  the  exercises 
into  the  hands  of  their  pastor,  the  Rev.  T.  C.  Potter,  who  read 
the  Scripture  and  offered  the  invocation.  An  historical  sketch  of 
five  Pencader  pastors  whom  he  had  personally  known,  was  given 
by  the  Rev.  J.  L.  Vallandigham,  D.D.,  LL.D.  The  presence 
of  this  honored  servant  of  God,  so  dear  to  people  throughout  this 
region  in  Delaware,  where  he  has  lived  to  be  eighty-six  years  of 
age,  was  a  great  delight  to  the  large  congregation. 

As  he  recounted  the  labors  of  the  ministers,  and  the  fact  of 
their  having  all  gone  on  to  their  heavenly  home,  his  own  and  the 
people's  tears  could  not  be  restrained,  and  many  that  day  felt  "the 
power  of  an  endless  life."  The  address  of  Dr.  Vallandigham, 
although  historic,  was  of  rare  spirituality. 

The  address  to  which  the  ladies  looked  forward  with  proud 
anticipation,  was  given  by  Mrs.  J.  Wilkins  Cooch,  and  they  were 
not  disappointed.  She  is  a  member  of  Pencader  Church,  and  has 
for  many  years  been  president  of  the  Woman's  Missionary 
Society.  She  is  herself  a  child  of  missions,  having  been  born  in 
India,  w^here  her  father,  the  Rev.  Edward  Webb,  was  a  mission- 
ary. He  returned  to  this  countr}'^,  became  pastor  of  this  church 
in  1866,  during  which  year  she  united  by  letter  with  the  church, 


and  later,  married  the  Hon.  J.  Wilkins  Cooch,  then  and  now,  an 
honored  resident  of  this  parish.  Mrs.  Cooch 's  address  was  one 
of  exceptional  beauty  and  power,  showing  her  culture,  and 
spiritual  gifts.  She  held  up  the  old  rectangular  yellow,  but  well 
preserved  and  precious  document,  handed  down  since  1819,  to 
which  reference  was  made  above,  and  well  substantiated  the 
seventy  years  of  organized  life  of  the  society.  The  ladies  could 
have  selected  no  one  who  would  have  better  represented  the 
history  and  .spirit  of  their  much  blessed  work  during  all  these 
years. 

In  the  afternoon  a  very  valuable  and  deeply  interesting 
address  was  given  by  \V.  T.  Skinner,  M.  D.,  an  elder  in  the 
church,  and  an  authority,  not  only  upon  early  Presbyterianism  in 
Delaware  and  Pennsylvania,  but  upon  other  matters  which  in- 
volve the  historian's  mind,  and  accuracy  in  figures  of  all  kinds. 
Dr.  Skinner's  address  will  be  of  great  permanent  value  in  the 
matter  of  early  Presbyterianism,  not  only  in  Delaware,  but  in  the 
United  States.  It  only  deepened  the  love  of  all  for  the  dear  old 
church  here,  and  quickened  the  pride  of  all,  not  alone  on  account 
of  its  almost  two  hundred  years  of  unbroken  pastorates  and 
service,  but  because  of  its  references  to  so  many  women,  godly 
and  efficient,  who  have  had  strong  hands  and  hearts  for  what  has 
so  well  been  done  through  the  Woman's  Missionary  Society  of 
Pencader  Church,  which  antedates  the  organization  of  the 
Woman's  Boards,  by  upwards  of  thirty  years.  Thus  do  coming 
events  cast  their  shadows  ahead. 

Following  Doctor  Skinner's  paper  was  a  genuine  missionary 
address  by  Mrs.  M.  M.  Carleton,  at  home  on  furlough  from  her 
work  in  India.  She  gave  an  inspiring  account  of  labor  there,  the 
obstacles  to  success,  the  great  progress  and  the  hopes  of  the 
missionaries,  and  her  vigorous  words  will  long  abide  as  a  stimulus 
to  both  work  and  contributions  in  the  church.  The  memorable 
day  was  concluded  with  brief  congratulatory  speeches  by  the  Rev. 
R.  A.  Davison,  of  St.  George's,  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Gilfillan,  of  New- 
ark, Del.,  and  George  A.  Blake,  Esq.,  of  Elkton,  Md.  No  recent 
public  meeting  in  this  locality,  has  left  so  strong  and  happy  effect, 
and  all  present  will  likely  have  cause  to  recollect  it  all  their  lives. 
The  three  historical  addresses  will  be  published  in  pamphlet 
form. — From    The  Presbyterian  Journal, 


BRIEF  SKETCHES 

Of  Five  of  the  Pastors 

Of  Pencader  Presbyterian  Church, 

Glasgow,  Del. 


Read  by  the   Rev.    James  L.   \'allandighani,    I).    I).,   at  the 
Anniversary  held  in  that  cluirch  on  Sal)bath,  October  15,  1899. 

The  facts  here  recorded  in  regard  to  these  brethren,  were 
furnished  by  their  nearest  relatives,  and  may  be  relied  on  as  per- 
fectly accurate;  and  as  to  the  excellenc\-  of  their  characters  as 
noble  Christian  men,  and  faithful  ministers  of  the  gospel,  I  my- 
self can  testifj'  from  long  and  intimate  acquaintance. 
Newark,  Del.,      ) 

J.VMKS    L.    \\\LLANDIGHAM. 

October  1899.       ) 


REV.    HUGH    HAMII^L,    D.  D. 


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REV.  HUGH  HAMILL,  D.  D. 

The  Rev.  Hugh  Hamill,  D.  D.,  the  son  of  Robert  Hamill, 
and  Isabella  Todd  his  wife,  was  born  in  Norristown,  Montgomery- 
County,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  27th  of  February  180S.  His 
father,  who  was  of  Scotch  Irish  parentage,  was  a  prominent  mer- 
chant in  Norristown,  an  elder  in  the  ist  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
one  of  its  founders,  and  liberal  supporters  from  its  organization. 

His  mother  was  the  Daughter  of  Col.  Andrew  Todd,  of 
Trappe,  Pennsylvania,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  She  was  an 
earnest  and  devoted  Christian  mother.  Under  these  favorable 
home  influences.  Dr.  Hamill  was  early  led  to  yield  his  heart  and 
life  to  the  Service  of  the  Master,  and  was  admitted  to  the  full 
communion  of  the  church  in  his  fifteenth  year. 

Soon  after  yielding  his  heart  to  the  Saviour,  he  resolved  to 
become  a  minister  of  Christ.  His  early  education  was  in  the 
Norristown  Academy,  where  he  passed  through  his  course  of  study 
preparatory  to  entrance  into  the  Junior  Class  in  College.  He 
entered  Rutger's  College,  New  Jersey,  in  the  Autumn  of  1825, 
and  graduated  with  the  honor  of  his  class  in  1827.  He  im- 
mediately entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  grad- 
uating in  1830,  and  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
the  same  3'ear. 

He  was  ordained  by  the  Presbyter}-  of  Western  New  York, 
in  1832;  served  the  church  of  Black  Rock,  New  York,  from  1830 
to  1833;  and  was  pastor  of  Elkton  and  Pencader  churches,  from 
1834  to  1837. 

He  then  became  co-principal  of  the  Lawrenceville  Classical 
and  Commercial  High  School  of  New  Jersey. 

In  this  position  he  remained  from  1837  to  1873,  when  he 
retired  to  Newark,  Delaware,  where  he  died  August  i,  1881. 

The  funeral  took  place  on  the  4th  da}-  of  August,  with  inter- 
ment at  the  Head  of  the  Christiana  Cemetery.  Addresses  were 
made  by  the  Rev.  James  Mclntire,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  P.  Dubois. 
Dr.  Vallandigham,  and  the  Rev.  W.  D.  Mackey  also  took  part  in 
the  services. 

For  many  years  Dr.  Hamill  labored  both  as  teacher  and 
minister,  and  with  ability  and  faithfulness  discharged  his  duties. 
A  kind,  amiable  Christian  gentleman,  he  was  esteemed  and  loved 
by  all  who  knew  him. 


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On  the  5th  day  of  June  1873,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary 
Louise,  the  only  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Andrew  K.  Russell, 
who  for  27  years,  was  the  beloved  pastor  of  Head  of  Christiana 
Church. 

Dr.  Hamill  had  two  brothers  in  the  ministry;  two  sisters 
married  to  ministers;  and  three  nephews  ministers.  One  of  these 
is  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  Hamill  Nassau,  who  with  his  si.ster.  Miss 
Isabella  Nassau,  is  doing  noble  work  in  Africa,  as  Missionary  of 
the  Presbvterian  Board. 


REV.  JAMES  McINTIRE. 

The  Rev.  James  Mclntire,  son  of  William  and  Ellen 
(Graves,)  Mclntire,  was  born  in  Oxford,  Chester  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, June  6,  1806.  He  graduated  at  Jefferson  College  in 
1826,  studied  Theology  at  Union  Theological  Seminary,  Virginia, 
and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
licensed,  and  also  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle. 

His  first  wife  was  Lydia  Bartlett,  davighter  of  Edmond 
Bartlett,  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  and  grand  daughter  of 
the  noted  Philanthropist,  Wm.  Bartlett,  who  contributed  liberally 
of  his  ample  means,  to  establish  many  churches  of  the  Presbyterian 
faith,  and  who  was  one  of  the  founders,  and  the  principal  bene- 
factors of  the  Theological  Seminar}^  at  Andover. 

Mr.  Mclntire's  first  ministerial  charge  was  at  Unionville, 
afterwards  called  Ashland, Massachusetts,  where  a  new  church  was 
built,  and  a  new  congregation  organized,  under  his  direction. 
Here  he  remained  most  acceptably  until  the  death  of  his  wife, 
when  he  returned  to  the  society  of  his  early  friends,  and  shortly 
thereafter,  on  the  30th  of  June  1838,  was  called  to  the  pastoral 
charge  of  the  united  churches  of  Pencader  and  Elkton,  over  which 
he  was  installed  the  following  October. 

He  ministered  to  these  churches  with  great  acceptability  and 
success  for  eleven  years,  when  owing  to  a  failure  of  health,  he 
was  obliged  to  relinquish  the  charge. 

His  second  wife  was  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Richardson,  widow  of  Mr. 
Joshua  Richardson,  the  father  of  Mrs.  John  A.  J.  Creswell.  She 
died  on  November  24,  1885,  and  Miss  Mary  B.  Mclntire,  the  only 
daughter,  alone  survives. 


-<iS^^0^>S»5, 


REV.    JAMKS    MCINTIRE. 


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For  a  good  many  years  Mr.  Mclntire  held  the  office  of  Collec- 
tor over  a  large  district,  under  the  general  government,  and  the 
government  never  lost  a  dollar  under  his  management. 

The  same  religious  conscientiousness  that  characterized  him 
when  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  was  conspicuous  in  all  his  actions, 
while  filling  a  civil  official  position. 

Though  most  of  his  time,  during  his  later  years,  was  occupied 
in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  he  never  neglected  an  oppor- 
tunity to  preach  the  gospel,  still  earnestly  desiring  to  promote  the 
glory  of  God  and  the  salvation  of  his  fellowmen. 

His  death  occurred  at  his  home  in  Elkton,  on  Sabbath  evening 
the  4th  of  December,  1884;  and  on  Thursday  the  9th,  the  funeral 
took  place,  and  although  the  day  was  cold  and  stormy,  a  large 
number  of  friends  from  every  direction,  followed  his  remains  to 
the  burial. 

Tender  and  touching  addresses  were  made  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Beers,  the  pastor;  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Heberton,  a  former  pastor; 
and  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Patton,  a  classmate  both  in  College  and  the 
Seminary,  and  a  very  warm  friend  of  the  deceased.  The  pall- 
bearers were  Drs.  Marks  and  Vallandigham,  and  the  Revs. 
Squire,  Keigwin,  Conway,  Reese,  Rumer,  and  Caton.  A  very 
large  number  of  prominent  men  from  Delaware,  Pennsylvania 
and  Mar3'land  were  present. 

Mr.  Mclntire  was  of  a  gentle  and  most  kindly  nature.  His 
mission  appeared  to  be  to  .seek  out  the  distressed  and  afflicted, 
that  he  might  alleviate  and  comfort  them.  Many  an  aching  heart 
did  he  relieve  of  its  load  of  care  and  sorrow. 

During  a  long  life  he  faithfully  discharged  his  duties,  and 
when  the  end  came,  he  met  the  final  summons  with  perfect  peace 
and  resignation. 


REV.  EDWARD  WEBB. 


The  Rev.  Edward  Webb  was  born  December  15,  1 8 19,  in 
Lowestoft,  Suffolk,  England.  He  received  his  Classical  Education 
at  Bury-Saint  Edmunds.  His  conversion  occurred  at  the  age  of 
fifteen,  during  the  revival  services  of  Rev.  Richard  Knill.  At  the 
age  of  .seventeen,  he  left  England  for  Adelaide,  Australia,  in  com- 


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pany  with  Rev.  Thomas  Q.  Stowe,— who  has  been  called  the 
father  of  Congregationalism  in  Australia, — as  tutor  to  his  boys. 
Here  he  first  became  interested  in  Missionary  work,  and  had 
charge  for  a  time,  of  a  Mission  Church  in  Hobart,  Tasmania,  in 
which  a  remarkable  revival  occurred.  He  returned  to  England 
in  1842,  and  in  the  same  year,  at  the  age  of  23,  came  to  this 
Country.  Very  soon  after  arriving,  he  entered  Andover  Theo- 
logical Seminar}^,  and  graduated  from  it  in  1845.  He  was  ordained 
to  the  ministr}'  the  same  year,  by  a  Congregational  Council  in 
Ware,  Massachusetts,  and  on  September  30,  was  married  to  Miss 
Nancy  Allyn  Foote,  of  Cayuga,  New  York,  a  graduate  of  Mt. 
Holyoke  Seminary,  and  in  November,  sailed  as  a  missionary  of  the 
American  Board,  to  Madura,  Southern  India. 

Here  he  labored  most  efficientl}'  for  nineteen  years,  and  the 
impress  of  his  name  and  influence,  is  still  felt  in  that  distant 
mission  land.  He  assisted  in  the  revision  of  the  Tamil  Bible, 
gave  much  attention  to  hymnology,  and  has  been  called  the 
father  of  Christian  Tamil  music. 

He  returned  to  the  United  vStates  in  1864,  and  for  a  year  and 
a  half,  till  May  1866,  was  stated  supply  of  the  first  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Darby,  Pennsylvania.  In  that  year  he  was  received 
into  the  Wilmington  Presbytery,  and  became  the  Pastor  of  Pen- 
cader  Presbj^terian  Church,  remaining  there  from  1866  to  1871. 
He  was  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Andover,  New 
Jersey,  from  1871  to  1873;  of  the  Ashmun  church,  Lincoln  Uni- 
versity, from  1873  to  1876;  also  Financial  Secretary  of  Lincoln 
University,  from  1873  till  his  death  in  1898. 

He  departed  this  life  at  Lincoln  University,  April  6,  1898, 
and  on  the  9th,  the  funeral  services  w^ere  held  in  Oxford,  conducted 
b}'  the  Rev.  Drs.  Rendall  and  Bingham.  They  were  simple,  and 
in  accordance  with  instructions  of  the  deceased.  He  named  the 
hymns  to  be  sung — "It  is  not  death  to  die,"  and  "Asleep  in  Jesus, 
blessed  sleep."  He  directed  that  a  prayer  of  thanksgiving  to 
Jesus  for  his  salvation  and  victory  be  offered,  and  requested  that 
there  be  no  eulogy  in  the  address. 

Mr.  Webb  felt  a  very  deep  interest  in  the  moral  and  spiritual 
welfare  of  the  Negro  race,  and  most  earnestly  and  efficiently  did 
he  plead  its  urgent  need  of  a  Christian  education,  and  its  strong 
claims  thereto.  His  missionary  talks  and  addresses  were  always 
most  acceptable  and  interesting  to  the  people.     He  was  earnestly 


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REV.    EDWARD   WEBB. 


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devoted  to  evangelical  religion,  and  new  faiths  found  little 
encouragement  from  him.  His  piety  was  of  a  kind  that  carried 
the  proof  of  its  sincerit>-  with  it. 

The  wife,  who  .so  faithfully  sustained  him  in  his  arduous 
labors,  still  lives,  and  five  children,  following  the  example  of  their 
loved  and  honored  parents,  are  all  diligently  engaged  in  efforts 
for  the  glory  of  God,  and  the  welfare  of  their  fellowmen. 


REV.  JASON  ROGERS. 

The  Rev.  Ja.son  Rogers  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
April  14,  1823.  His  father,  Jonathan  Rogers,  was  a  lineal  descen- 
dant of  James  Rogers,  who  came  from  England  in  1635,  and 
.settled  in  New  lyondon,  Connecticut.  When  a  young  man, 
Jonathan  Rogers  came  from  New  lyondon  to  Baltimore,  to  engage 
in  business,  and  in  1822  he  married  Miss  Maria  Smith,  of  that 
city.     Jason  was  the  eldest  of  five  children  born  of  this  marriage. 

Mr.  Rogers  determining  to  prepare  his  son  for  College,  Ja.son 
was  sent  at  a  very  early  age  to  the  school  of  Dr.  Finney,  Bel  Air, 
Maryland.  The  father's  purpose  however,  was  frustrated  by  his 
own  early  death.  He  was  stricken  with  cholera  in  1832,  and 
died  after  a  few  hours  illness. 

Soon  after  the  death  of  his  father,  Jason,  then  a  lad  of  nine 
years,  was  withdrawn  from  the  school  at  Bel  Air. 

He  afterwards  attended  school  in  Baltimore,  and  in  Washing- 
ton, but  circumstances  prevented  his  taking  a  Collegiate  Course. 
He  never  relinquished  the  fixed  purpose  to  obtain  an  education, 
and  was  for  years  a  close  student. 

As  he  grew  to  manhood,  he  earnestly  desired  to  become  a 
minister  of  Christ,  and  resolv^ed  to  prepare  himself,  hoping  that 
in  time  he  might  be  able  to  accomplish  his  desire.  After  leaving 
school,  he  obtained  employment  with  a  business  firm,  and  after- 
wards engaged  in  mercantile  business  for  himself. 

It  was  not  until  many  years  had  passed,  that  the  wa>-  opened 
for  him  to  preach  the  gospel.  These  waiting  years  had  not  been 
without  earnest  work  for  the  Master. 

At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  publicly  professed  his  faith  in 
Christ.  He  became  a  Sabbath  school  teacher,  in  time  was  made 
Superintendent,    and   called    to  other  positions  of    trust    in  the 


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church,  in  all  of  which  he  gave  evidence  of  power  to  influence 
his  fellowmen  for  good. 

At  last  his  wish  to  preach  was  realized.  He  was  examined 
by  the  Presbytery  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  at  Washington, 
and  licensed  April  7,  1869.  He  was  ordained  the  same  year  in 
the  First  Constitutional  church,  Baltimore,  October  13,  1869. 
When  the  Synod  of  Baltimore  was  reconstructed  in  1870,  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore.  After  his 
licensure,  he  preached  regularly,  but  was  not  settled  as  pastor, 
until  called  to  Pencader  Church,  Glasgow,  Delaware.  He  received 
the  call  to  this  church,  November  13,  1871,  and  in  the  same  year, 
December  19,  he  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle. 
As  pastor  of  Pencader  Church,  he  passed  seven  happy  years,  de- 
voted to  his  work  and  to  his  people.  He  resigned  his  charge  at 
Pencader  in  May  1879,  but  continued  his  connection  with  New 
Castle  Presbytery  two  years  longer,  returning  to  Baltimore  Pres- 
bj'tery,  June  14,  1881. 

His  health  commenced  to  fail  before  leaving  Glasgow,  yet  he 
continued  to  preach  during  the  three  remaining  years  of  his  life. 

He  was  taken  ill  very  suddenly  September  19,  1882,  and 
lingered  just  one  week.  He  passed  to  clearer  light  and  higher 
service,  September  26,  1882. 

On  November  16,  1847,  Mr.  Rogers  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  Rich  of  Baltimore.  One  child  was  born  to  them — a  son — 
who,  as  he  grew  from  childhood  to  youth,  gave  promise  of  a  bright 
and  useful  manhood,  which,  alas!  he  was  not  destined  to  attain. 
When  only  sev^enteen  years  old,  he  developed  symptoms  of  con- 
sumption. The  disease  ran  a  rapid  course,  and  the  beloved  and 
only  child  died,  February  3,  1869,  just  before  attaining  his 
eighteenth  birthday.  Mrs.  Rogers  had  been  in  precarious  health 
before  the  illness  of  her  son;  her  unremitting  care  of  him,  and  her 
grief  at  his  loss,  hastened  her  decline,  and  .she  died  March  12, 
1870.  In  a  little  over  one  year,  Mr.  Rogers  had  buried  child  and 
wife;  when  his  long  desire  to  be  able  to  preach  was  granted,  he 
was  bereft  of  her,  whose  loving  sympathy  would  so  greatly  have 
encouraged  him. 

After  this  double  bereavement,  Mr.  Rogers  was  not  well  for 
some  months,  his  throat  was  affected,  and  his  friends  were 
apprehensive  for  him.  Perfect  rest  brought  relief,  and  he  was 
again  able  to  use  his  voice. 


REV.   JASON    ROGERS. 


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On  December  21,  1871,  he  married  Miss  Emma  C.  Lang  of 
Baltimore,  and  took  his  bride  at  once  to  the  Parsonage  of  Pencader 
Church. 

The  congregation  gave  them  a  hearty  welcome,  and  through 
all  the  years  of  their  residence  in  Glasgow,  the  people  were  ever 
kind  and  sympathizing.  To  the  last  hour  of  his  conscious  life, 
Mr.  Rogers  cherished  the  warmest  affection  for  the  people  of 
Pencader,  and  his  widow  holds  them  in  loving  and  grateful  remem- 
brance. 


REV.  THOMAS  C  ANDERSON. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Anderson  was  born  in  Butler  County, 
Pennsylvania,  August  5,  1826.  His  preparatory  course  he  pur- 
sued in  the  Witherspoon  Institute  at  Butler,  graduated  at  Jefferson 
College  in  1855,  and  at  Princeton  Theological  Seminar}'  in  1859. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau,  April 
20,  1859.  He  preached  in  Frostburg  several  months,  and  then 
went  to  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland,  and  commenced  his 
labors  in  Rehoboth  Church,  Somerset  County,  Maryland,  on  the 
First  Sabbath  of  January,  i860.  After  preaching  two  years  in 
that  church,  he  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor,  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Lewis,  in  May,  1862:  and  released  from  that  church 
September  16,  1864. 

He  was  pastor  of  Slate  Lick  Church  in  Alleghanj'  Presbytery, 
from  October  17,  1865,  till  June  23,  1868.  He  commenced  his 
work  in  Huntington  Valley  Church,  December  20,  1868,  was 
installed  pastor  July  7,  1869,  and  remained  till  December  16,  1878. 
For  several  years  he  was  pastor  of  Harmonsburg  and  Evansburg 
Churches,  in  Erie  Presbytery. 

Mr.  Anderson  began  his  labors  in  Pencader  Church,  Glasgow, 
Delaware,  May  6,  1883,  and  continued  his  pastorate  until  ended 
by  his  death,  June  4,  1891. 

Feeling  burdened  by  his  work,  he  proposed  in  April  to  resign, 
but  his  people,  unwilling  to  lose  his  services,  objected,  and  allowed 
him  a  rest  of  three  months,  or  as  much  longer  time  as  he  might 
need,  but  in  a  few  weeks  the  Master  came  and  called  him  away,  to 
enjoy  the  rest  that  remaineth  for  the  people  of  God — the  eternal 
rest  of  Heaven. 


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Mr.  Anderson  was  a  man  of  rare  purit}'  of  heart  and  life, 
a  genial  companion,  a  faithful  friend,  a  devout  Christian,  an  earnest 
and  instructive  preacher,  a  kind  and  laborious  pastor,  beloved  by 
all  who  knew  him. 

He  was  married  October  14,  1869,  to  Miss  Lydia  F.  Baker,  of 
Philadelphia. 


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REV.    THOMAS    C.    ANDERSON. 


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HISTOR\ 


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OF    THE 


WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


OF   THE 


PENCADER  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 

With  Appendix, 

BY  MRS.  J.   WILKINS  COOCH. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
OF  THE  PENCADER  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

In  Oriental  lands,  true  courtesy  requires  the  question  that 
Pharaoh  asked  of  Jacob,  "How  old  art  thou?"  And  although  the 
Patriarch  could  honestly  claim  the  years  of  his  pilgrimage  to  be 
130  years,  he  modestly  called  them  "few,"  in  comparison  to  "the 
years  of  the  life  of  his  fathers." 

But  in  modern  lands,  as  a  rule,  even  truthful  women  are 
cautious  in  answering  that  question,  and  the  Missionary  Society 
of  Pencader  Church,  is  the  exception  that  proves  the  rule,  for  we 
are  here  assembled  to  celebrate  our  Seventieth  Anniversary,  our 
Three-score  years  and  ten. 

Although  we  may  deplore  that  we  have  not  done  with  our 
might,  whatsoever  our  hands  have  fotmd  to  do,  yet  we  have  reas- 
on to  be  glad,  and  rejoice,  at  the  way  God  has  led  us  all  these 
seven  decades,  and  to  "press"  more  earnestly  "toward  the  mark 
for  the  prize  of  the  high  calling  of  God,  in  Christ  Jesus"  our  Lord. 

Until  le.ss  than  eighteen  months  ago,  our  early  life  was  only 
legendary.  We  were  morally  certain  that  we  were  old — not  that 
we  felt  the  infirmities  of  age  dulling  our  spirits,  or  our  faculties, 
although  we  have  had  our  periods  of  depression — but  we  could 
not  claim  the  distinction  or  deference  due  to  age,  because  we 
could  not  find  the  records  of  otir  birth. 

But  last  May,  a  year  ago — May  1898 — the  precious  book  was 
found.  It  is  the  Treasurer's  Book  of  the  Pencader  Church,  be- 
ginning in  1809.  Under  date  of  April  26th,  1829,  the  Treasurer, 
Jacob  Paris,  Jr.,  states  that  the  "Rev.  Samuel  Bell,  pastor,"  paid 
through  him,  his  "subscription  to  the  Missionary  Society,  $1.50." 

A  letter  was  written  at  once  to  Miss  Ellen  C.  Parsons,  the 
Kditor  of  the  "Woman's  Work  for  Woman,"  and  she  wrote  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  American  Board  at  Boston,  asking  when  the 
first  gift  was  sent  them  from  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Glasgow. 

It  is  well  to  remember  here,  that  until  the  year  187 1,  Pres- 
byterians had  no  Foreign  Missionary  Board  of  their  own,  but  sent 
their  gifts,  and  their  Missionaries,  through  the  Congregational, 
or  American  Board  at  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Miss  Parsons  sent  us  the  Treasurer's  reply,  which  was,  that  no 
gift  was  made  to  the  Board  from  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Glasgow,  prior  to  1830. 


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As  our  records  between  1830  and  1858  were  meagre,  we  wrote 
to  the  Treasurer,  asking  if  he  would  kindly  send  us  a  statement 
of  the  funds, — the  dates  and  amounts, — the  American  Board  had 
received  from  our  Church  during  that  period.  Last  Friday  night 
the  statement  was  received. 

It  shows  that  the  Societ}'  must  have  been  in  a  flourishing 
condition,  for  frequentl}'  the  contributions  amounted  to  from  $20 
to  $40  during  the  year. 

Another  proof  of  the  interest  taken  by  the  Church,  in  Mis- 
sions, is  shown  by  the  following: — 

Frisby  Henderson,  the  Clerk  of  the  Session,  records  in  the 
minutes  of  the  meeting  held  November  loth,  1833: — "After  ser- 
mon by  Rev.  Mr.  Sneider,  missionary  to  Candia,  (in  the  island  of 
Crete),  William  Thompson  w^as  admitted  to  baptism,  and  then 
the  Lord's  Supper  was  administered. ' '  From  this  date,  November 
1 833, until  1 87 1, — when  Presbyterians  formed  a  Foreign  Missionary 
Board  of  their  own — the  Treasurer  of  the  American  Board  in 
Boston,  has  the  records  of  our  gifts. 

Until  last  Tuesday  night,  this  is  all  we  thought  we  could 
prove  by  records,  concerning  our  first  Society. 

Mrs.  Webb  had  indeed  been  told,  when  she  came  as  our  pastor's 
wife  in  1866,  that  before  Mrs.  Foot's  time,  Mrs.  Susan  Faris,  Mrs. 
Margaret  Faris  James,  Mrs.  Margaret  Black  and  Mrs.  Margaret 
Hollingsworth  Cooch,  were  notable  Missionary  women.  When 
Mrs.  Foot  succeeded  as  President  of  the  Society,  Mrs.  Faris 
only,  of  the  original  Society,  was  living,  and  it  is  to  her  care,  and 
to  that  of  her  son,  Mr.  D.  B.  Ferris,  that  we  owe  the  privilege  of 
knowing  the  names  of  these  godly  women,  who  formed  the  first 
Missionary  Society  of  our  Church. 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Ferris: 

"Farnhurst,  Delaware,  October  loth,  1899. 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Cooch, 

Dear  Madam: — I  heard  this  day  that  you  had  asked  for 
a  list  of  the  original  members  of  the  Pencader  Missionarj^ 
Society.  I  herewith  send  you  the  original  paper,  thinking 
that  it  would  be  more  interesting  than  a  list  of  the  names. 

I  see  by  the  date  of  the  paper.  May  loth,  1819, 

that  it  was  written  80  years  ago,  and  also  that  the  object 
was  to  make  Rev.  Samuel  Bell,  then  pastor  of  the  Church,  a 
life  member  of  the  American  Bible  Society,  but  I  have  the 


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impression  that  I  have  heard  my  Mother  say,  that  the  Mis- 
sionar\-  vSociety  was  organized  by  the  same  members.  With 
the  hope  that  this  may  be  of  some  use  to  yon, 

I  am  yours  truly,  D.  Brainerd  Fkrris." 

Copy  of  a  paper  preserved  by  Mrs.  Susan  Paris,  and  given  to 
her  son  Mr.  David  Brainerd  Ferris: — 

"Whilst  such  great  exertions  are  making  in  various  parts 
of  the  world,  and  in  our  own  Country,  for  promoting  the 
Redeemer's  story  in  the  extention  of  his  kingdom,  can  wc  re- 
main inactive  ?  Have  we  no  cause  of  gratitude  for  all  the 
invaluable  priviledges  with  which  we  are  favoured  ?  Or  will 
we  insure  our  own  condemnation  by  burying  our  one  talent 
in  the  earth  because  we  had  but  one  ?     God  forbid  ! 

As  a  mark  of  attention  and  affectionate  regard  to  our  be- 
loved pastor,  as  well  as  from  a  desire  to  encrease  the  funds 
of  that  great  and  blessed  institution,  (the  American  Bible 
Society)  by  casting  in  our  mite;  the  undersigned  females  of 
Pencader  Congregation,  purpose  \iy  their  several  contribu- 
tions, to  collect  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  our  minister  (the  Rev.  Samuel  Bell)  a  member  for 
life  of  said  Society. 

'Every  man  according  as  he  purposes  in  his  heart  so  let 
him  give,  not  grudgingly,  or  of  necessity,  for  God  loveth  a 
cheerful  giver.'  "  2  Cor. — 9-7. 

May  loth,  18 19. 

SUBSCRIBERS  NAMES. 

Mrs.  Cooch $3  00  vSusan  Darragh 81  00 

Mrs.  R.  Enos 1  00  Ann  W.  Darraj^h  .    .            .    .  1   00 

M.  James 2  00  Mrs.  E.  Robinson 1   00 

C.  Peninj^ton 1   00  Anne  Williams 1   00 

Elizabeth  Bonlden 1   00  C.  Paynter 1   00 

Mrs.  J.  Boulden 1  00  Siisan  Sebo 1  00 

Mrs.  M.  Black   .......  1   OO  Charity  Cazier 1  00 

Mrs.  Howell      1  00  ■  Margaret  Vail ]   00 

Ann  F.  Stewart 1   00  Sylvia  Evans 1  00 

Jane  Robinson 1  00  Sidney  David 1  00 

M.  Cavender 1  00  Sarah  Haughey 1  00 

Mrs.  Grimes 1   00  Elizabeth  Haughey      ...  1  00 

Priscilla  Bolton      1  00  Kitty  Paris 1  00 

Marion  Middleton 1   00  Sarah  Clark 1   00 

Susan  Paris        1  00 


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The  blood  of  these  women  is  coursing  in  the  veins  of  many 
in  this  Church  to-day.  Did  it  not  tingle  as  their  names  were 
called  ? 

lyike  Paul,  we  are  "filled  with  joy,  when  we  call  to  mind  the 
unfeigned  faith,  which  dwelt  first  in  our  Grandmother  lyois,  and  in 
our  Mother  Eunice.  Wherefore  we  would  be  put  in  remembrance, 
and  stir  up  the  gift  of  God  which  is  in  us. " 

,  Each  one  of  these  women  "being  dead,  yet  speaketh." 

You  will  remember  that  the  extract  from  the  Treasurer's 
Book  of  the  Pencader  Church  shows,  that  our  Society  was  in  ex- 
istence in  1829,  but  from  the  discovery  of  this  paper,  and  from 
Mr.  Ferris'  recollection  of  what  his  Mother  told  him,  the  proba- 
bilities are,  that  it  was  a  Society  in  18 19,  the  date  of  this  paper, 
which  would  add  10  5'ears  to  our  age,  making  this  not  our  70th 
but  our  80th  Anniversary  ! 

A  pleasing  letter  was  received  from  Rev.  John  Fox,  D.  D., 
a  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  American  Bible  Society  in  New 
York.     He  writes: — 

"In  the  printed  Annual  Report  of  the  American  Bible  So- 
ciety for  1820,  I  find  that  the  Rev.  Samuel  Bell  was  made 
a  life  member  by  the  ladies  of  his  congregation,  the  Pencader 
Presbyterian  Church.  If,  as  you  sa}^  it  was  in  May  18 19,  it 
would  appear  in  the  Report  of  1820,  so  that  you  can  perhaps 
feel  satisfied  in  regarding  this  as  your  eightieth  birthday. 
On  this  supposition  permit  me  to  express  my  sincere  pleasure 
in  knowing  so  venerable  an  organization,  and  to  wish  it  a 
long  life  still,  and  a  useful  one." 

From  Church  records,  and  the  memories  of  those  whose  fam- 
ilies were  near  relations,  neighbors,  or  friends,  we  have  secured 
the  names  of  the  women  who  were  more  or  less  active  and  inter- 
ested in  Missions,  following  the  first  enrollment,  in  18 19.  They 
are  as  follows  : — 


Mrs.  Dorcas  Black, 
Mrs.  Eliza  Stewart, 
Mrs.  Priscilla  Boulden, 
Mrs.  Lydia  Eliason, 
Miss  Emily  C.  Underwood. 
Miss  Anna  M.  Moore, 
Miss  L.  E.  Short, 
Mrs.  Nancy  Short, 
Mrs.  Ann  Janvier, 


Miss  Kezia  Jane  Stewart, 
Miss  Polly  Clark, 
Mrs.  Jane  Thomas, 
Mrs.  Sallie  Boulden, 
Miss  Elizabeth  H.  Moore, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Cazier, 
Mrs.  Emily  Frazer, 
Mrs.  Ellen  Milward, 
Miss  Mary  Mclntire, 


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Mrs.  Marj^aret  IMiles,  Miss  I.ydia  Roop. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Stewart.  Mrs.  ]Marjj;arct  Veazey, 

Mrs.  Jane  Miller.  Mi.ss  Catharine  I'razer. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Miles,  Mrs.  Jane  C.  Penninj,4on. 

Mrs.  James  Short,  Miss  Mary  S.  Janvier, 

Mrs.  James  vStevvart,  (of  vSeth.)  Miss  Sarah  G.  Janvier, 
^liss  Ivlizaheth  Thompson, 

In  1S3S  Mrs.  A.  P.  Foot,  wife  of  the  Pa.stor,  Rev.  George 
F'oot,  continued  the  Society  under  the  name  of  the  "Female  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  Pencader  Presbyterian  Church."  She 
combined  its  duties  under  her  efficient  management,  and  was,  so 
the  record  .states,  "President,  and  Secretary,  and  Treasurer." 

There  were  only  six  members  when  Mrs.  F'oot  began,  and 
the  fir.st  annual  contribution  was  $3.50.  When  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Foot  left  Glasgow  in  1866,  there  were  17  members,  and  the  annual 
contribution  amounted  to  $14.00. 

Most  of  those  who  w^ere  members  and  contributors  during 
this  period  have  passed  to  their  reward.     They  are: — 

Mrs.  Amelia  P.  Foot,  Mrs.  George  Clark. 

Mrs.  Henry  Cazier,  Miss  Sarah  G.  Janvier, 

Mrs.  Jacob  Ferris,  Mrs.  Lonisa  Boulden, 

Mrs.  Samuel  Frazer,  Mrs.  D.  B.  Ferris, 

Mrs.  John  Frazer,  ]\Iiss  Sue  Ferris, 

Mrs.  Azariah  Smith,  Mrs.  Oliver  D.  Caulk, 

Mrs.  Alexander  Simpson,  Miss  Eliza  Frazer, 

Mrs.  Lewis  Pennington,  Miss  Loui.sa  Frazer, 

Mrs.  Nancy  vShort,  Miss  Lilliore  Clark. 

These  do  "rest  from  their  labors,  and  their  works  do  follow 
them." 

Many  of  us  knew  some  of  these  women,  but  to  the  eight 
survivors  of  the  Society  under  Mrs.  Foot,  these  names  awaken 
memories  all  their  own. 

Those  of  that  Society  left  with  us  now  are  : 

INIrs.  Daniel  Cann,  Miss  Katharine  Stewart, 

Mrs.  Ferd.  Janvier,  Mrs.  Robert  Black, 

Miss  Mary  S.  Janvier,  Miss  Annie  S.  Clark, 

Mrs.  Henry  Clark,  Miss  M.  E.  Harman. 

Rev.  Edward  Webb  succeeded  Rev.  George  Foot  in  that 
same  year,  1866,  and  under  the  care  of  Mrs.  Webb,  the  Society 
was  called  "The  Dindigul  Mission  Band." 

Few  were  they  of  the  many  girls  and  young  ladies  attending 
the  Church  at  that  time,  who  were  not  members  of  this  Band. 


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So  great  was  the  spirit  and  enthusiasm  of  the  young  people,  that 
even  the  young  men  begged  the  privilege,  of  aiding  in  their  work, 
and  joining  in  their  pleasure. 

On  one  occasion,  the  Band  agreed  to  fill  a  box  of  dresses  for 
little  children  asked  for  in  India,  by  the  "Union  Missionary  Socie- 
ty," under  Mrs.  Doremus,  of  New  York.  No  less  than  three  of 
those  dresses  were  made  by  young  men.  One  of  them  used  a 
window-sill  for  a  thimble,  and  all  of  them  were  more  accustomed 
to  larger  tools  than  thread  and  needle.  But  every  little  frock 
was  a  credit  to  its  maker,  and  God  blessed  the  cheerful  givers. 

Before  that,  we  had  sent  through  the  same  Society,  to  Japan, 
a  box  of  basted  patch- work.  It  went  with  the  first  Mi.ssionaries. 
of  whom  Mrs.  Pruyn  of  Albany,  was  chief;  Miss  Brittain  was 
their  leader.    She  once  came  to  see  and  speak  for  us.  in  Glasgow. 

We  also  sent  a  box  or  two  of  clothing,  etc.,  including  a  quilt 
we  pieced  and  quilted  ourselves,  to  a  Home  Missionary  in  Kansas. 

Besides  this,  the  Dindigul  Band  bought  and  paid  for  the  Bell, 
which  for  28  years  has  summoned  worshipers  to  old  Pencader 
Church. 

You  may  not  have  noticed  it,  but  every  time  it  flings  its 
ringing  tones  over  the  land,  from  Iron  Hill,  to  the  Howell  School; 
and  from  Ferris'  Corner,  to  the  Maryland  line,  it  loyally  repeats  : 
"Din-di-gul  Band  !     Din-di-gul  Band  !" 

President  of  the  Dindigul  Band,  Mrs.  Edward  Webb. 

MEMBERS. 

Miss  Annie  Alrichs,  Miss  Eliza  Harman, 

*Miss  Jennie  Boulden,  Miss  Sabina  Havelow, 

Miss  Mattie  Bonlden,  *Miss  Sallie  Janvier, 

Miss  Fannie  Boulden,  *Miss  Lydie  Janvier, 

*Miss  Mamie  Boulden,  Miss  Sophie  Mclntire, 

Miss  Adella  A.  Cann,  Miss  Florence  Mclntire, 

Miss  Lillie  Cann,  Miss  Nancy  Mills, 

Miss  Ella  Cann,  Miss  Rebecca  Pierce, 

Miss  Jennie  Caulk,  Miss  Hattie  Pordham, 

*Miss  Laura  Clark,  Miss  Jennie  Pordham, 

*Miss  Maria  B.  Clark,  Miss  Mary  D.  Simpson, 

Miss  Helen  Cooch,  Miss  Annie  Stewart, 

Miss  Mary  Cooch,  Miss  Sue  Stewart, 

Miss  Alexina  Frazer,  Miss  Mary  E.  Webb, 

*Miss  Emma  Frazer,  Miss  Ella  S.  Webb. 
"Miss  Ingebra  Frazer, 

♦Deceased. 


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From  1S71  until  1877,  the  funds  collected  were  sent  annually 
through  "The  Beneficent  Societ}-,"  to  both  Home  and  Foreign 
Missions.     The  collectors  were  : — 

Mrs.  Ferd.  Janvier,  Miss  Helen  Cooch, 

Miss  Annie  Alrichs,  *Miss  Sue  Ferris, 

*Miss  Eliza  Fra/er,  *Miss  Maria  Clark. 

On  November  20th,  1S77,  Miss  Loring,  a  returned  Missionary 
from  Syria,  visited  the  Church  and  organized  a  "Woman's  For- 
eign Missionary  Society."  Mrs.  Jason  Rogers,  was  elected 
President;  Miss  Annie  S.  Clark,  Vice-President;  Mrs.  C.  L.  B. 
Alrichs,  Secretary;  and  Miss  Sue  A.  Ferris,  Treasurer. 

The  contributions  of  the  members  were  sent  to  the  General 
Fund  of  the  Parent  Society,  in  Philadelphia,  until  March  1881.  It 
then  became  an  Auxiliary  of  the  Presbyterial,  and  the  funds 
were  sent  to  the  Presbyterial  Treasurer,  for  the  support  of  Mrs. 
George  H.  Ferris,  of  the  West  India  Mission. 

From  June  1879,  till  February  1882,  Miss  Sue  A.  Ferris  was, 
as  the  Minutes  record  at  her  death,  "our  dear  good  Christian 
President,  foremost  in  every  good  work,  with  a  heart  devoted  to 
the  best  interests  of  our  Society  and  of  the  Church. ' ' 

Till  September  1883,  the  Vice-President,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Skin- 
ner, conducted  the  meetings,  when  Mrs.  T.  C.  Anderson  was 
elected   President. 

Since  joining  the  Presbyterial,  much  good  has  been  gained 
by  attending  the  Annual  meetings,  and  the  reports  of  Delegates 
have  been  inspiring  to  those  who  could  not  enjoy  the  privilege. 

Mrs.  Anderson  continued  her  efficient  and  faithful  service  as 
President,  until  the  beginning  of  1893.  At  her  suggestion  $25.00 
was  raised  with  the  aid  of  the  "Glasgow  Literary  Society,"  and 
sent  to  the  Foreign  Board,  in  1888,  toward  the  $1,000,000  fund. 

From  1877  till  now,  we  have  had  but  two  Secretaries.  The 
first  was  Mrs.  Clarissa  h.  B.  Alrichs,  who  served  us  14  years. 
Her  earnestness,  cheerfulness  and  .self  consecration,  were  an  in- 
spiring example  to  all  who  were  privileged  to  be  associated  with 
her,  and  we  keenly  felt  our  loss,  when  she  left  us  to  enter  into 
higher  service. 

Mrs.  W.  T.  Skinner  has  been,  for  the  8  succeeding  years,  her 
faithful  and  efficient  successor,  always  conscientious  and  reliable. 

Miss  Sue  Ferris  was  our  Treasurer  from  1877  till  1879,  when 
she  became  President,  and  Miss  Annie  Alrichs  succeeded  her  as 

*Deceased. 


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Treasurer.  Twenty  years  of  careful,  accurate  service  has  she 
rendered  in  her  Office;  and  though  she  has  only  once  made  us 
glad  she  was  our  Treasurer,  that  once  is  now  twenty  years  long. 

In  May  1893,  Mrs.  J.  Wilkins  Cooch  succeeded  Mrs.  Ander- 
son as  President. 

During  the  preceeding  64  years,  we  were  a  Foreign  Mission- 
ary Society,  but  in  that  year,  1893,  we  became  "The  Woman's 
Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society,"  dividing  our  funds  be- 
tween the  two  Boards,  and  thereby  multiplying  our  intere.sts  in 
each.  That  year  we  made  and  sent,  15  dresses,  to  the  Indian 
Girls  School  in  Zuni,  New  Mexico.  Mrs.  Vincent  was  notabl}' 
efficient  in  this  work. 

The  same  year,  we  joined  the  Presbyterial  in  the  support  of 
its  Medical  Missionar}^  Dr.  Henrietta  Donaldson,  of  Chinning 
Chow,  China;  still  continuing  Mrs.  Ferris  of  India. 

After  Dr.  Donaldson's  marriage  in  1896,  into  another  denom- 
ination, we  assumed  the  support  of  Mrs.  J.  B.  Ely,  of  Jhansi, 
North  India. 

We  have  also  joined  the  Home  Presbyterial  in  the  support  of 
Miss  Osborne,  of  Harlan,  Kentucky,  and  both  Presbyterials,  in 
sending  boxes,  to  our  Home  and  Foreign  Missionaries. 

Miss  Fuji  Tsukamoto  of  Japan,  then  a  student  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  at  one  time  gave  us  a  pleasing  talk  in 
the  Society,  and  another  in  the  Church,  which  have  ever  since, 
stimulated  our  interest  in  the  "Land  of  the  Rising  Sun." 

What  has  helped  us  much  in  locating  our  Missionaries,  and 
realizing  that  they  were  not  mythical,  but  real  human  beings  like 
ourselves,  has  been  the  use  of  Maps  of  oilcloth,  made  in  the  Society. 

They  represent  our  Missions  in  Mexico,  and  Guatamala;  in 
Colombia,  Eastern  Brazil  and  Chili,  in  South  America;  in  Syria; 
West  Africa;  Persia;  the  three  Missions  of  India;  Siam  and  Laos; 
the  five  Missions  of  China;  the  Island  of  Hainan;  Japan  and  Korea. 

Besides  which ,  we  have  a  Rand  &  McNally  map  of  the  United 
States,  on  which  we  have  located,  by  different  colored  stars,  our 
schools  for  the  Mexicans,  the  Mormons,  the  Freedmen,  the  In- 
dians, and  the  Mountaineers  of  the  South.  These  maps  with  one 
of  our  own  of  Alaska,  have  been  sufficient  hitherto.  But  now 
we  shall  add  one  of  Puerto  Rico,  and  another  of  the  Philippines, 
for  thither  our  Missionaries  have  already  been  sent. 

Through  the  kindness  of  the  Trustees,  we  have  had  a  room 


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given  us,  for  our  especial  use.  One  friend  has  had  it  painted  and 
kalsomined,  others  have  given  us  a  stove,  a  table-cover,  a  table,  and 
upholstered  and  painted  chairs.  The  ladies  have  carpeted  and 
otherwise  adorned  the  room,  and  now  we  are  at  home  in  our  own 
Church  parlor.      "Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us." 

Full  70  years  have  come  and  gone  since  that  Spring  day  in 
1829,  from  which  we  count  our  birth. 

All  of  those  who  that  day  gave  their  names  to  be  enrolled, 
have  passed  beyond  the  bounds  of  time,  and  many  more  who 
joined  or  followed  them,  have  ceased  from  earthly  toil.  But  they 
were  enrolled  in  the  Lamb's  book  of  Life,  and  now  ''He  calleth 
them  all  by  their  names. ' ' 

Must  the  work  cease  because  these  workers  have  fallen  ? 
Shall  we  not  rather  close  up  the  ranks,  and  press  forward  till  the 
whole  world  shall  be  won  for  Christ  ? 

Women  of  Pencader  Church,  it  is  your  privilege  to  aid  in  this 
glorious  work,  and  to  hasten  the  time,  when  "the  earth  shall  be 
full  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  Sea. ' ' 

Members  of  the  "Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society"  since 
1877,  ("Woman's  Home  &  Foreign   Missionary  Societv"  )  since 

1893- 

Mrs.  Jason  Rogers, 

Mrs.  Ferd.  Janvier, 

*Mrs.  Sallie  Raimond, 

*Mrs.  Alexander  Simpson. 

tMiss  Annie  .S.  Clark  (  Mrs.  W.  T.  Skinner) 

Miss  Katharine  Stewart, 

*Mrs.  Jesse  Boulden, 

*Mrs.  C.  L.  B.  Alrichs, 

tMiss  Annie  Alrichs. 

*Miss  Sue  A.  Ferris, 

*Mrs.  Dr.  James  Veasey, 

Mrs.  James  Veasev, 


tMrs.  Thomas  Brown. 
Miss  Sue  Stewart, 
Mrs.  George  Rogers, 
tMi.ss  Mary  A.  Gonce. 
tMrs.  Susan  Z.  Black, 
Mrs.  T.  C.  Anderson, 
tMrs.  Rebecca  Cann, 
tMrs.  Robert  Cann, 
Miss  Lizzie  Degen, 
*Mrs.  L.  Capelle, 


Mrs.  J.  H.  Frazer) 


tMrs.  J.  W.  Cooch. 
*Mrs.  R.  T.  Cann,  Sr., 
tMrs.  Adella  A.  Green, 
*Mi.ss  Helena  Cann, 
Miss  Jennie  Brown, 
Miss  Laura  Frazer, 
Mrs.  A.  R.  Vincent, 
tMrs.  Julia  Cann, 
tMiss  Frances  Cann, 
Miss  Caroline  Cooch, 
tMrs.  J.  B.  Cazier, 
Miss  Ida  Huggins, 
Miss  Nan  Skinner, 
tMiss  INIary  Brown. 
tMiss  Julia  Ellison, 
Miss  Maggie  Lewis, 
tMiss  Jeannette  E.  Cann, 
Mrs.  Walter  H.  Stone, 
tMiss  Marie  E.  Wingard, 
tMrs.  T.  C.  Potter. 
tMiss  Emma  Kemether. 


tPresent  members. 
♦Deceased. 


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APPENDIX. 

86th  anniversary. 

After  the  manuscript  of  our  foregoing  History  had  been 
placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Printer,  new  facts  were  discovered, 
and  we  must  needs  record  them  here. 

Indeed  it  would  be  injustice  to  our  forbears — the  godly 
women  of  Pencader  Church — to  deny  them  the  recognition  of 
their  faithful  service  in  Missionary  work,  not  only  since  May 
loth,  1819, — the  date  of  the  Document  bearing  their  names, — but 
since,  and  perhaps  earlier,  than  18 13. 

We  would  also  record  the  burning  zeal,  and  religious  fervor 
which  resulted  in  the  formation  of  the  Missionary  Society,  not 
later  than  18 13,  for  which  we  have  abundant  proof. 

The  early  years  of  the  19th  century  were  notable  as  times  of 
general  religious  quickening,  and  Christians  were  not  only  earnest 
in  personal  piety,  but  eager  to  share  with  others,  the  knowledge  of  a 
Savior,  and  the  hope  of  heaven,  as  contained  in  the  Word  of  God. 

It  was  in  18 13  or  earlier, — 86  years  or  more  ago, — that  the 
women  of  the  Pencader  Church,  formed  what  they  called  an 
"Association."  They  were  led  by  their  Pastor,  Rev.  Samuel 
Bell,  and  the  men  of  the  Church  were  contributors  with  them. 

Other  "Associations"  were  also  formed  about  that  time. 
How  long  they  continued  to  work  separately  we  do  not  know,  but 
as  they  felt  that  better  work  could  be  done  if  they  were  united, 
"a  Society  was  formed  by  a  meeting  held  at  Wilmington,  the  22nd 
of  November  18 13,  of  Christians  of  all  denominations,  uniting  in 
a  common  purpose,  interesting  to  them  all.  The  object  of  the 
Society,  as  set  forth  in  the  Constitution,  was  'The  Diffusion  of 
the  Light  of  Salvation,  the  Distribution  of  the  Bread  of  Life.'  " 

In  May  18 16,  the  "American  Bible  Society"  of  New  York 
was  founded,  and  in  July  of  the  same  year,  the  Delaware  Society 
of  "Associations"  decided  to  unite  with  it. 

The  first  publication  of  the  names  and  subscribers  extant, 
was  made  in  the  Report  for  18 16.  That  this  Society  was  both 
Home  and  Foreign  Missionary,  is  proved  by  the  following  extracts 
from  this  and  other  early  Reports: 

"Information  has  just  been  received  that  the  edict  of  a  former 
Emperor  of  China  against  the  Christian  Religion,  has  been  re- 


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pealed  by  the  present  Emperor.  It  is  a  remarkable  epoch  in  the 
progress  of  Christianity  ....  but  it  is  still  more  remarkable  by  its 
coincidence  with  the  spreading  of  Christianity  over  other  parts  of 
the  world.  Divine  power  is  upon  the  hearts  of  the  Kmperor  of 
China  and  the  King  of  Persia;  Hindustan  is  abandoning  its  idols. 
The  gospel  is  spreading  among  the  islands  of  Asia,  in  Africa 
and  among  its  islands.  The  world  never  witnessed  the  like." 
"We  rejoice  in  the  .signs  of  the  times.  Individuals  and  nations 
are  on  their  march  to  meet  Christ  their  King  in  his  Millennial 
advent;  Ethiopia  and  India  are  stretching  forth  their  hands  unto 
the  Lord;  the  Isles  are  waiting  on  God. 

Let  us  then  awake  from  our  supineness,  and  with  zeal 
and  alacrity,  unite  in  the  general  active  movements,  to  usher  in 
the  latter  day  glory  of  Zion,  the  universal  reign  of  the  Prince  of 
Peace,  our  Savior  and  our  God." 

"If  the  Bible  work  has  prospered  among  the  heathen,  we 
have  the  greatest  encouragement  to  test  its  efficacy  among  our 
slumbering  brethren.  Our  Peninsula,  of  which  our  State  forms 
a  part,  presents  a  field,  in  which  much  is  to  be  done. 

The  number  of  tho.se  who  are  destitute  of  the  word  of  God, 
and  who  either  have  not  the  means  or  will  not  procure  it,  is 
immense,  and  calls  loudly  upon  those  who  know  its  value,  to  en- 
deavor to  supply  them.  The  people  are  destitute  of  the  Bible,  and 
the  cause  of  religion  consequently  languishes." 

That  the  "Pencader  Association"  was  larger  and  stronger 
than  any  other,  is  proved  by  the  majority  of  the  contributors  be- 
ing from  Pencader  Church  and  Congregation. 

In  1816  they  were  as  follows: — 

Samuel  Bell,  Margaret  Jame.s, 

Margaret  Black,  Mary  Ann  Middleton, 

Nathan  Boulden,  R.  M.  Middleton, 

Levi  Boulden,  Jacob  Moore, 

Margaret  Cooch,  Robert  Porter, 

Jacob  Paris.  Elizabeth  Pennington, 

Jacob  Paris,  Jr.,  Asbury  Pennington, 

Amos  Paris,  David  Sebo, 

Oliver  Howell,  David  Stewart, 

Mary  Hollingsworth,  James  Stewart, 

Morgan  Jones,  Samuel  Thomas, 

Mary  Jones,  James  Thompson. 
George  Jones, 

In  18 1 7  the  additional  contributors  were: — 
Mary  Stewart,  Mrs.  Sebo,  Augustine  Caun. 


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In  1 82 1,  Rev.  Samuel  Bell  was  Vice-President,  and  was  also 
upon  the  Standing  Committee;  and  Ann  Hollingsworth  Sen.,  and 
Ann  Hollingsworth,  were  added  to  the  list  of  "Subscribers  and 
annual  Contributors."  In  1828,  Mrs.  Charity  Cazier  contributed 
$20.00  for  a  life  member. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  meeting  held  in  the  2nd  Presby- 
terian Chiirch,  Wilmington,  October  20th,  1829,  Jacob  Faris  is 
mentioned  as  the  "Collector  for  Pencader,  from  which  favorable 
reports  were  received,  and  to  which  the  Society  was  indebted." 

In  its  beginning,  the  "Association"  was  compo.sed  of  men  as 
well  as  women;  but  as  early  as  1819,  if  not  before,  there  were 
societies  of  men  led  by  the  elders,  and  of  the  women  by  themselves, 
as  proved  by  the  Diaries  of  Mrs.  Margaret  James,  which  are  in 
pos.session  of  Mrs.  Harriet  Foot  Moore,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and 
by  our  own  Document,  of  May   loth,  1819. 

Between  18 13  and  1832,  this  band  of  Christian  women  was 
called  "Association,"  "Missionary  Society,"  "Bible  Society" 
and  "Female  Education  Societ}'"  ("for  the  aid  to  students  for 
the  ministry,  and  the  educating  of  heathen  youth"  )  interchange- 
abl)',  as  seen  by  the  Records  of  the  Bible  Society,  in  the  Rooms  of 
the  Delaware  Historical  Society  in  Wilmington,  the  Diaries  of  Mrs. 
Margaret  James,  and  the  Treasurer's  book  of  the  Pencader  Church. 

The  subsequent  names  were:  "Female  Missionary  Society," 
"Dindigul  Band,"  "Beneficent  Society,"  "Woman's  Foreign 
Missionary  Society,"  and  "Woman's  Home  and  Foreign  Mission- 
ary Society." 

EPITOME. 

Funds  of  the  Woman's  Missionary  Society  of  the  Pencader 
Church  were  sent  to: — 

The  "Bible  Society"  from  1813-1831. 
The  "American  Board"  from  1 832-1 870. 
The  "Presbyterian  Boards"  from  1871-1899. 
To  the  women  of  Pencader,  who,  86  years  ago,  first  reached 
out  to  the  unevangelized  at  home  and  abroad,  is  due  this  recog- 
nition of  their  piety  and  Christian  love. 

May  their  mantle  fall  on  us,  their  successors,  and  with  the 
rich  heritage  of  the  blessings  promised  to  children's  children, 
may  we  worthily  fulfil  the  duties  and  privileges,  with  which  this 
heritage  is  fraught. 


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HISTORY 


OF 


Pencader  Presbyterian  Church 


OF 


GLASGOW,  DELAWARE, 


OCTOBKR  15,  1899 


BY  W.  T.  SKINNER,   M.   D. 


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To  The   Members 

OF 

THE  WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

OF 

PENCADER    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH, 

THIS    SKETCH    NOW    PUBLISHED, 
AT    THEIR  REQUEST, 

IS  DEDICATED 

BY  THE  AUTHOR. 


PRESENT   CHURCH    ERECTED   IN    1 852. 


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PREFACE. 


After  having  done  the  best  I  could  to  collect  the  material  for 
this  sketch  of  Pencader  Church,  I  am  still  painfully  aware  of 
how  little  I  have  really  been  able  to  find, — in  comparison  with  the 
great  amount  of  interesting  history,  pertaining  to  this  ancient 
field,  which  it  is  to  be  feared,  is  forever  lost  on  account  of  the 
entire  absence  of  any  Sessional  Records  before  1822,  and  of  any 
other  records,  of  the  Church,  till  1798. 

I  have  made  very  free  use  of  The  History  of  the  Great  Valley 
Church,  by  Rev.  Dr.  R.  M.  Patterson,  and  of  a  Centennial  His- 
torical discourse  on  Pencader  Church,  delivered  in  1876  by  Rev. 
Jason  Rogers,  both  of  which  may  be  found  on  the  files  of  the 
Historical  Society  of  Delaware  and  of  the  (Presbyterian)  His- 
torical Society  of  Philadelphia,  and  both  are  highly  commended 
to  the  reader  who  maj'  wish  to  get  all  the  light  possible  on  the 
History  of  these  two  old  Churches,  which  were,  at  first,  one  and 
the  same. 

I  have  also  derived  considerable  information  from  the  follow- 
ing resources,  namely:  The  History  of  Delaware  County,  Penn- 
sylvania; Johnson's  History  of  Cecil  County,  Maryland;  Scharf's 
History  of  Delaware,  History  of  Education  in  Delaware,  by  Lyman 
P.  Powell,  History  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle,  by  Revs.  Drs. 
Vallandigham  and  Galey,  Old  Drawyers  Church,  by  the  Rev. 
George  Foot,  the  records  of  the  Presbyteries  of  New  Castle  and 
Philadelphia,  and  the  History  of  the  Presb3'terian  Church  in 
America,  by  the  Rev.  Richard  Webster;  records  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Elkton,  Maryland;  J.  T.  McCullough,  Esq's 
address  on  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  that  Church,  May  4th, 
1883,  Old  Deeds  and  other  papers  loaned  me  by  friends,  and 
am  especially  indebted  to  Recorder  of  Deeds,  Delaware  Clark, 
for  allowing  me  free  access  to  the  Records  of  his  office  and  to  F. 
E.  Speakman,  H.  C.  Conrad,  and  Chas.  B.  Evans,  Esqs.  for  val- 
uable aid  in  examining  them. 

Glasgow,  Del.,  Oct.i§,  i8^(^.  W.    T.  S. 


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PENCADER  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


The  organization  of  Pencader  Church  is  probably  not  ante- 
dated by  that  of  any  other  Presb3-terian  Church  in  the  State  of 
Delaware,  with  the  exception  perhaps,  of  New  Castle  and  Lewes, 
the  other  rivals  of  Pencader,  in  this  respect,  being  Head  of  Chris- 
tiana, and  Drawyers. 

The  name  Pencader  is  from  a  town  in  Wales  and  comes  from 
two  Welsh  words  signifying  the  head  chair  or  the  highest  seat. 

The  Church  was  first  known  as  Welsh  Tract  and  is  so 
recorded  on  the  roll  of  the  first  minutes  of  New  Castle  Presbytery, 
but  appears  in  the  minutes  of  that  body  for  1723  as  Pencader. 

The  history  of  this  Church  taken  together  with  that  of  the 
Welsh  Tract  Baptist  Church  is  simply  the  history  of  the  settlement 
of  Welsh  Tract:  which  comprised  all  of  what  is  now  Pencader 
Hundred  and  a  considerable  extent  of  contiguous  territory  in 
Cecil  County,  Maryland,  at  least  one-fifth  of  the  original  tract 
being  in  Maryland. 

There  were  two  settlements  which  were  called  Welsh  Tract: 
the  first  was  in  Pennsylvania.  On  the  13th  day  of  the  First 
month,  1684,  Wm.  Penn,  granted  to  the  Welsh  settlers  40,000 
acres  of  land  situated  in  what  is  now  Chester,  Delaware  and 
Montgomer}'  Counties,  Pennsylvania,  which  was  known  as 
Welsh  Tract. -'^  They  formed  a  Welsh  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Tredyffrin,  i.  e.  Stony  Valley — in  the  Great  Valley  of  Chester 
County,  Pennsylvania:  but  at  what  time  can  only  be  conjec- 
tured; but  I  think  the  circumstances  justify  a  very  strong  pre- 
sumption, that  it  was  very  soon  after  1683  or  4,  for  you  may 
depend,  people  who  had  left  their  native  land  for  conscience' 
sake  and  braved  the  dangers  and  hardships  of  the  seas  and  the 
wilds  of  a  new  country,  would  not  long  neglect  their  spiritual 
welfare  after  the}'  arrived  here.  Mr.  Foot  says;  "The  recollection 
that  our  ancestors  endured  all  the  hardships  of  removing  the 
forests  from  these  lands;  that  they  ground  their  grain  with  their 
own  hands,  and  rode  on  horse  back  or  walked  to  church  on 
Sabbath  in  such  numbers  as  to  fill  the  house,  is  adapted  strongly 
to  rebuke  the  indifference  of  the  present  generation  in  reference 
to  public  worship." 

*See  Scharf  s  History  of  Delaware,  Vol.  2,  p.  950. 


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The  Church  was  formed  either  in  Wales  or  the  Great  Valley 
in  i6S3'>'  or  between  this  date  and  1710,  and  as  we  shall  presently 
see,  this  Churcli  in  time  became  Pencader  Church. 

A  number  of  these  settlers  attracted  to  this  locality  from  some 
cause,  (the  ore  in  Iron  Hill,  it  is  supposed,  )  petitioned  Penn  for  a 
tract  of  30,000  acres,  which  was  granted  on  the  9th  of  October, 
1 701  to  David  K\ans,  Wm.  Davies  and  Wm.  Willis f  and  this  is 
our  Welsh  Tract  of  Delaware,  all  three  of  the  Grantees  being 
from  Radnor,  Pennsylvania,  and  prominent  in  the  first  settle- 
ment. pA'ans  and  Davies  were  Presbyterians;  Evans  was  an 
PUder  in  Pencader  Church  and  his  son  David  was  its  first  Pastor. 

Settlements  followed  so  rapidh^  from  the  old  tract  that  before 
the  close  of  1702  more  than  11,000  acres  of  the  new  tract  had 
been  taken  up,  and  in  a  short  time  so  many  of  the  adherents  of  the 
Great  Valley  Church  had  come  hither  that  it  was  arranged  to 
have  part  of  the  services  here  and  part  of  them  in  the  Great 
Valley,  although  it  still  remained  one  church.  This  arrangement 
continued  till  October  loth,  17 14,  when  the  Great  Valley  people, 
as  will  presently  be  shown,  were  formed  into  a  distinct  body,  and 
took  the  name  of  the  Great  Valley  Church. 

It  is  sometimes  stated  that  Welsh  Tract  was  granted  to  a 
Colony  of  Welsh  Baptists.  This  is  an  error.  The  Welsh  Tract 
Baptist  Church,  according  to  its  own  records,  was  organized  in 
Wales  in  1701.  Left  Milford- Haven,  in  the  ship  William  and 
Mary,  in  June,  and  landed  in  Philadelphia  on  the  8th  of  September, 
same  year,  and  settled  at  Penepack,  where  they  remained  a  year 
and  a  half, when  they  left  Penepack — it  is  said,  because  they  could 
not  fellowship  with  the  Baptists  in  that  neighborhood, — and  came 
to  Iron  Hill,  not  reaching  the  latter  till  1703,  and  had  to  procure 
their  lands  from  the  three  Grantees,  Evans,  Davies  and  Willis. 
They  soon  erected  a  Meeting  House  on  the  spot  where  their 
present  building  stands.  It  is  a  noble  old  church,  and  I  thank 
the  good  Providence  which  ordered  their  foot  steps  out  of  their 
intentional  course  and  brought  them  hither.  "They  won't  let 
us  commune  with  them  but  we  don't  care,"  as  Bishop  McCabe 
sa3's:   "We  haven't  time  anyway." 

Their  present  building,  the  second,  which  stands  as  a  fitting 
monument   to  its  sturdy   founders  was  erected  in  1747.      On  the 


*Many  of  the  Welsh  emigrated  to  the  Pennsylvania  settlement  in  1683. 
tScharf  s  History  of  Delaware,  Volume  2,  p.  950. 


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3rd  of  September  1777,  during  the  battle  of  Cooch's  Bridge  and 
Iron  Hill,  a  ball  entered  through  one  of  its  shutters  passing  diag- 
onally across  the  building  and  out  through  another. 

Reese  Ryddarks,  an  officer  of  Cromwell,  was  buried  there  in 
1707.  He  must  have  been  a  person  of  considerable  note  as  he 
has  a  Latin  inscription  upon  his  tomb. 

The  date  of  the  erection  of  the  first  church  building  at  Pen- 
cader,  which  is  still  in  existence,  cannot  be  definitely  fixed.  It 
must  have  been  between  1701  and  10.  I  have  seen  a  statement 
of  Rev.  Dr.  W.  E.  Moore  placing  the  date  at  not  later  than  1706. 
It  is  a  small  frame  building  about  20  x  36,  low  pitched,  one  story, 
with  sharp  peaked  roof  and  stood  about  where  the  Sexton's 
house  now  is. 

Toward  the  close  of  the  last  Century  it  was  bought  by  Jacob 
Faris,  Sr.  (Ferris)  one  of  the  Trustees, — grandfather  of  D.  B. 
Ferris  our  Senior  Elder,  and  moved  to  the  Southern  part  of  the 
village  where  it  has  since  been  used  as  a  dwelling,  and  Mrs. 
Margaret  Black,  the  widowed  sister  of  Jacob  Faris  and  mother  of 
Dr.  Samuel  H.  Black  was  its  first  occupant.  She  died  in  1831, 
aged  84  years,  and  was  therefore  born  in  1747,  and  attended 
worship  in  the  same  building  till  she  was  at  least  thirty-five  years 
old  and  was  consequently  well  acquainted  with  its  history,  which 
she  has  told  to  many  persons  yet  living. 

Another  person,  who  has  handed  down  a  great  deal  of  history 
is  Mrs.  Margaret  James,  daughter  of  Jacob  Faris,  and  aunt  of 
D.  B.  Ferris.  She  died  in  1851  aged  83  years.  Being  born  in 
1768  she  was  14  or  15  years  old  when  the  first  building  ceased 
to  be  used  as  a  meeting  house,  and  I  suppose  many  of  you  here 
today  have  had  its  history  from  her  own  lips.*  There  can  there- 
fore be  no  doubt  of  the  fact,  that  that  old  building  which  still 
stands  in  the  southern  part  of  the  village  is  the  same  which  was 
used  as  a  meeting  house  till  the  second  building  was  erected  in 
1782  or  3.  It  is  mentioned  in  a  Deed  bearing  date  of  1723,  in 
which  a  '''Marked  ivhite  oak  tree''  standing  ''on  the  South  side  of 
the  Elk  River  road,  yiear  the  Meeting  House, ' '  is  given  as  a  corner 
for  lands  of  Roger  Williams,  which  he  had  bought  this  year  from 
John  Harris,  and  which  Harris  had  bought  from  John  Welch 
and  Welch  from  the  three  Grantees,  Evans,  Davies  and  Willis. f 

♦Mrs.  James  remembered  when  the  services  were  conducted  in  tlie  Welsh  language. 
tSee  Deed  Record  M,  244,  John  Harris  to  Roger  Williams,  August  21,  1723. 


This  tract  lay  south  of  what  is  now  called  the  Turnpike  but 
joined  another  tract  on  the  north  of  the  Turnpike  or  li\k  River 
road,*  as  it  was  then  called,  which  Roj^er  Williams  had  previously 
bought  from  the  aforesaid  Grantees,  I{vans,  Davies  and  Willis. 
This  last  is  the  same  tract  which  has  of  late  years  been  known  as 
the  Hermitage,  the  home  of  the  late  John  Frazer,  father  of  John 
H.  and  E.  B.  Frazer,  Esqs.,  and  out  of  which  Margaret  Williams, 
Widow  of  Roger  Williams,  on  November  2nd,  1742,  conveyed  one 
acre  and  thirty-eight  perches  to  the  Trustees  of  Pencader  Presb}-- 
terian  Congregation,  viz:  David  Howell,  Thos.  Thomas,  Joseph 
Thomas,  Thomas  James,  Simon  James,  Nathaniel  Evans  and 
Nathaniel  Williams.  The  Deed  then  goes  on  to  say,  "it  w'as 
given  for  the  purpo.se  of  allowing  full  and  peaceable  liberty  to  the 
Presbyterian  Congregation  belonging  to  the  meeting  house  that  is 
builded  upon  the  said  tract  of  land  for  the  true  worship  of  God 
in  the  said  place  according  to  the  Presbyterian  Rule,  Discipline 
and  Doctrine  and  will  be  submissive  to  the  rules  and  directions  of 
the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle  and  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia."* 

This  Elk  River  road  ran  between  the  lands,  since  owned  by 
the  late  R.  M.  Black  and  those  now  owned  by  Dr.  W.  T.  Skinner 
and  entered  the  village  opposite  the  old  hotel,  which  .stood  near 
where  the  Methodist  Church  now  is.  The  road  then  pa.ssed 
in  a  .southerly  direction  for  .some  little  distance,  and  then  bore  in 
a  southea.sterly  direction  and  ran  through  what  is  now  the  grave- 
3'ard,  where  its  cour.se  can  still  be  easily  traced  by  the  deep 
depression  in  the  ground,  passing  diagonally  from  the  northwest 
corner  to  a  point  near  the  .sexton's  house  or  where  the  first  Meet- 
ing House, — as  referred  to  in  the  Deed  of  John  Harris  to  Roger 
Williams, — was  .standing  in  1723. 

The  New  Castle  and  Frenchtown  Turnpike  was  chartered  in 
1809  and  was  built  .soon  after.  The  company  had  a  toll  gate  at 
the  southwest  corner  of  the  graveyard.  About  the  year  1832  the 
old  hotel  was  purcha.sed  by  Mr.  Wm.  Cann,  father  of  Messrs. 
Richard  T.,  James  and  Rev. Thomas  Cann,  and  out  of  the  materials 
which  he  secured  from  it,  he  built  the  house  where  Mr.  Robert  M. 
Cann  now  lives.  Toward  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century 
Mathew  Aiken,  I^sq.,  a  large  real  estate  owner,  laid  out  a  town 
here,  three  fourths  of  a  mile  in  length,  which  he  called  Aiken- 


*SeeDeed,  Margaret  Williams  (incorrectlj'  indexed  Margaret  Williamson)  to  David 
HoweU  et.  al.  Nov.  2,  1742,  Deed  Record  N,  Vol.  i,  p.  429. 


88 

town,  after  himself.  It  began  upon  the  north  near  the  School 
House  Creek  and  extended  south  as  far  as,  and  included,  the  lot 
now  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Mrs.  Martha  Devallenger,  and  contain- 
ed thirty-two  building  lots. 

The  author  has  in  his  possession  a  very  accurate  plot  of  these 
lots  made  by  Robert  Armstrong,  Surveyor  for  Mathew  Aiken. 
Mr.  Aiken  resided  upon  the  property,  which  for  many  years  was 
the  home  of  the  late  Samuel  Frazer.  He  died  in  1801  aged  48 
years,  and  is  buried  here.  He  was  a  Presbyterian  and  was  a  trus- 
tee in  this  Church  when  it  was  Incorporated  in  1789. 

The  oldest  inscription  upon  any  tomb  which  can  be  read,  is 
that  of  John  Thomas,  who  died  in  17 12.  He  was  the  paternal 
ancestor  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Veazey,  wife  of  Dr.  James  L.  Veazey. 
The  Thomases  and  Jameses  were  Presbyterians.*  John  Thomas 
took  up  632  acres  of  land  here  March  16,  1702,  and  the  .same 
year  Thomas  James  took  up  1250  acres,  Howell  James  1040  acres 
and  Philip  James  525  acres,  and  other  settlers  took  up  land  here 
in  large  tracts,  over  11,000  acres  being  taken,  before  the  end  of 
1702,  and  as  the  Baptists  did  not  reach  here  till  the  next  year 
it  is  most  likely  that  those  who  settled  before  1 703  were  mostly  of 
the  Presbyterian  Communion. 

This  cursory  sketch  of  probable  history  leads  up  to  the  date 
at  which  we  can  positively  affirm  that  a  church  existed  on  this 
very  spot  of  ground. 

"David  Evans,  Jr.,  son  of  the  grantee  was  possessed  of  pecu- 
liar gifts.  Under  the  influence  of  a  burning  piety,  in  the  warmth 
of  his  first  love,  and  grieved  by  the  destitution  of  the  neighbor- 
hood, he  began  to  preach.  But  in  his  zeal  he  outran  ecclesiastical 
discretion.  The  men  who  laid  the  foundation  of  Presbyterianism 
in  the  United  States  were  educated  men.  They  had  received  a 
collegiate  training  in  the  old  world.  They  had  been  taught  to 
look  upon  the  ministry  as  the  greatest  and  noblest  work  of  earth, 
and  as  an  office  into  which  none  should  enter  lightly,  or  without 
the  most  careful  preparation  and  introduction  by  a  proper  Church 
authority.  The}-  were  not  willing  to  permit  even  the  pressing 
need  of  a  new  country  to  break  down  the  old  rule.     This  matter 

*About  the  beginning  of  the  present  Century,  owing  to  a  Church  quarrel,  some  bear- 
ing these  names  left  Pencader  and  went  to  Welsh  Tract  Baptist  Church.  Some  of  these, 
although  identifying  themselves  with  the  Baptists,  continued  to  use  Pencader  for  their 
family  burying  ground,  a  notable  example  of  this  being,  Theodore  Thomas,  the  father 
of  Mrs.  EJliza  Taylor.  He  was  one  of  the  seceders  and  is  buried  here;  showing  that  these 
families  were  originally  Presbyterians. 


.so 

was  therefore,  brought  before  the  infant  Presbytery,  which,  on 
September  20th,  1710,  adopted  this  minute: — "Upon  information 
that  David  luans,  a  lay  person,  had  taken  upon  him  publicly  to 
teach  or  preach  among  the  Welsh  in  the  Great  \'alley,  Chester 
County,  it  was  unanimously  agreed  that  said  Kvans  had  done  very 
ill,  and  acted  irregularly  in  thus  invading  the  work  of  the  ministry, 
and  was  thereupon  censured." 

"Agreed,  that  the  most  proper  method  for  advancing  David 
Ev'ans,  in  necessary  literature  to  prepare  him  for  the  work  of  the 
ministry,  is  that  he  lay  aside  all  other  l)usiness  for  a  twelve  month, 
and  apply  himself  to  learning  and  study,  under  the  direction  of 
Mr.  Andrews,  and  with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Wilson  and  Mr. 
Anderson;  and  that  it  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  said  ministers 
when  to  put  the  said  Evans  on  trial,  and  license  him  publicly  to 
teach  or  preach." 

"Ordered,  that  Mr.  Wilson  write  to  the  Welsh  in  Welsh 
Tract,  and  Mr.  Andrews  to  those  in  the  Great  \^alley."''' 

This  proves  that  a  Church  existed  here  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  in  17 10,  but  how  much  earlier 
it  is  impossible  to  decide. 

That  this  Church  was  Presbyterian  is  proved: 

I  St,  By  the  fact  that  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  exer- 
cised authority  over  it  and, 

2nd,  "Mr.  Ivvansand  the  two  congregations  were  obedient  to 
the  ecclesiastical  censure;  and  thenceforward  are  recorded  upon 
the  minutes  of  the  Presbytery  in  regular  stages  of  their  progress. ' ' 

He  was  licensed  in  171 1.  Graduated  at  Yale  College  in  17 13 
in  a  class  of  three  and  supplied  the  people  of  the  Welsh  Tract  for 
a  year.  On  September  8,  17 14,  a  call  was  extended  him  from  this 
branch  of  the  Church  and  on  the  3rd  of  November,  same  year, 
he  was  ordained  and  installed  over  Pencader. 

The  people  in  the  Great  \'alley  did  not  unite  in  the  call. 
They  were  therefore  authorized  by  Presbytery  to  form  themselves 
into  a  distinct  body.     The  minute  on  the  subject  is: 

"There  being  diverse  people  in  the  Great  \'alley  with  whom 
Mr.  David  Evans  has  been  concerned,  it  was  queried  whether  said 
people  should  be  looked  upon  as  part  of  the  Church  and  Congrega- 
tion of  Welsh  Tract  or  a  distinct  body  by  themselves;  and  it  was 
carried  by  the  Presbytery  that  they  be  esteemed  a  distinct  society." 

*Dr.  Patterson's  address. 


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"This  shows  that  two  peoples  had  formed  one  Church  with 
different  worshipping  places,  for  convenience.  At  first  they  had 
agreed  in  reference  to  Mr.  Evans;  but  at  this  time  he  had  some 
dispute  with  the  Great  Valley  part  of  the  Congregation,  who, 
therefore  desired  to  be  set  off  by  themselves  as  a  separate  organi- 
zation."* 

"On  the  loth  of  October  17 14,  then,  a  little  band  of  Welsh 
Presbyterians  met  in  a  private  house  in  'that  neighborhood  and 
formally  organized  themselves  into  the  Great  Valley  Church'  "* 
Pencader  remaining  the  original  Church. 

In  1720  an  "opinionative  difference"  between  the  Pastor  and 
one  Samuel  James,  created  great  excitement  which  the  ministers 
of  the  Presbytery  tried  to  heal  by  letters  and  sermons;  but  failing, 
the  Pastoral  relations  were  desolved  in  1721  and  Mr.  Evans  was 
settled  the  same  year  over  the  Great  Valley  Church,  and  remained 
seventeen  3^ears,  till  1738.     He  died  in  New  Jersey  in  1 750-1. 

His  education  and  attainments  are  said  to  have  been  of  a 
very  high  order.  He  published  a  work  entitled,  "Eaw  and  Gos- 
pel, or  Man  wholly  ruined  by  the  Fall  and  recovered  by  the  Gos- 
pel," being  the  substance  of  sermons  he  had  previously  preached. 

In  1712,  although  only  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  he  was 
chosen  clerk  of  the  Presbj'-tery  of  Philadelphia  and  he  was  the 
first  stated  clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle,  which  was  or- 
ganized in  1 71 7.  In  1725  he  was  Moderator  of  the  Synod.  "His 
penmanship,"  sa5^s  Dr.  Patterson,  was  careful  and  in  the  extreme 
curious. 

It  is  usually  stated  that  the  Rev.  David  Evans  came  from 
Wales  with  his  father  David  Evans,  Esq.,  in  1701.  This  I  think 
is  erroneous  for  the  following  reasons  viz  : — 

ist,  the  Deed  of  Pennto  David  Evans,  Wm.  Davies  and  Wm. 
Willis  gives  the  residences  of  all  three  of  them  as  Radnor,  Chester 
Count}^,  Pennsylvania.! 

2nd,  I  glean  from  the  History  of  Delaware  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, that  "David  Evans  with  his  wife  Gainer  and  their  }^ounger 
children  came  from  Glamorganshire,  South  Wales  to  America  in 
1684  and  settled  at  Radnor,  Pennsylvania.  He  died  in  1 7 10. "  This 
I  think  was  the  father  of  David  Evans,  Esq.,  (Grantee)  and 
grandfather  of  David  Evans,    Junior,  our  first  Pastor.      If  this  be 

*Dr.  Patterson. 

tDeed — Penu  to  David  IJvans  et  al.     Deed  Record  Q  Vol.  i.     Page  8i. 


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really  the  case,  the  first  might  have  been  forty-five,  the  second 
fifteen  years  old  at  the  time  of  emigration  and  the  third  might 
have  been  born  in  this  conntr\-  and  reached  the  age  of  eighteen, 
or  upwards,  by  1710,  when,  "being  possessed  of  peculiar  gifts," 
he  began  to  preach. 

David  Evans,  Esq.,  the  Grantee,  took  for  his  own  home, 
over  nine  hundred  acres  of  land,  being  the  same  tract,  the  larger 
portion  of  which  came  b}-  purchase,  into  possession  of  the  late 
Cantwell  Clark,  in  1831,  and  many  of  you  can  remember  the  old 
building,  which  stood  upon  the  hill,  in  the  field,  on  the  right  hand 
side  of  the  road  to  Cooch's  Bridge,  just  beyond  the  vSchool  House 
Creek.  Mr.  Clark  lived  in  it  till  1844.  Here  no  doubt  is  where 
David  Evans,  the  Grantee,  lived,  and  the  first  and  second  Pastors 
passed  much  of  their  time.  I  have  recently  been  told  that 
a  picture  of  this  old  house  is  in  existence,  and  I  had  hoped  to  be 
able  to  show  it  to  you  to-day.  It  was  painted  by  Miss  Eliza  Ev- 
ans a  direct  descendant  of  David,  and  the  heiress  to  the  whole 
tract.  vShe  married  Richard  E.  Cochran  and  lived  near  Middle- 
town.  I  mention  it  here  in  the  hope  that  some  one  may  be  able 
to  give  information  which  will  lead  to  my  finding  it. 

David  Evans,  the  Grantee,  moved  to  Cape  Fear,  N.  C.  towards 
the  close  of  life  where  he  was  still  living  in  1738.='= 

Dr.  Thomas  Evans,  another  descendent  of  David,  who  was 
possessed  of  the  same  tract,  presumably,  by  inheritance — died 
September  22nd,  1796  aged  38  years  and  three  months,  leaving 
to  this  Church  50  £.  which  was  converted  into  six  shares  of 
Farmers'  Bank  of  Delaware.  Whence  our,  "Grave  Yard  Fund." 
He  is  buried  in  Pencader  Grave  Yard. 

William  Davies  the  other  Presbyterian  Grantee,  is  supposed 
to  have  come  from  Wales  to  America  about  1684  and  settled  in 
Radnor,  Pennsylvania  and  is,  no  doubt,  the  paternal  ancestor  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Davies,  President  of  the  Princeton  College  who  was 
born  November  3rd,  1723  on  the  Lumb  farm,  now  the  home  of 
Mr.  T.  Alibone  Cann.  Mr.  Foot  says,  "no  doubt  in  Pencader 
Congregation."  His  father,  David  Davies  was  a  farmer  and  the 
following  incident  illustrating  how  precocious  young  Davies  was,  is 
related  by  Dr.  Patterson.      "Rev.  John  Campbell  was  first  known 

♦Compare  description  in  Deed  from  David  Evans,  Solomon  Kvans  and  Martha  Evans 
to  Thomas  Evans,  April  2,sth,  1738.  Recorded  in  Deed  Record  M.  Vol.  i.  37.  with  de- 
■scription  in  Deed;  David  C.  Wilson  to  President  and  Directors  of  the  Farmers'  Bank, 
dated  June  25th,  1824,  recorded  in  Deed  Record  Q.  Vol.  iv— page  90  and  Farmers'  Bank  to 
Cantwell  Clark,  in  Deed  Record  Q.  Vol   iv.— page  92. 


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in  this  Countr}',"  in  the  service  of  Mr.  David  Davies  a  farmer  in 
New  Castle  County,  and  father  to  President  Davies.  The  father 
would  send  the  lads  to  work  and  there  not  being  sufficient  work 
done  the  father  determined  to  watch,  and  found  the  lads  each 
with  a  book,  young  Davies  iUvStructing  young  Campbell,  the 
teacher  being  twelve  years  younger  than  the  scholar,  and  think- 
ing they  would  never  make  farmers  he  complained  to  the  mother, 
who  it  is  said,  had  already  dedicated  her  son  for  other  service. 
She  replied,  that  if  he  would  not  make  a  farmer,  there  was  a 
possibility  he  would  make  a  scholar,  and  by  her  influence  he  was 
sent  to  a  Grammar  School.  He  united  with  the  Church  at  the 
age  of  12-13,  ^nd  there  can  be  no  doubt  but  that  it  was  in  our 
same  old  building  to  which  we  have  just  referred. 

The  second  Pastor  was  Thomas  Evans,  who  was  received  by 
the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle  in  17 19,  as  a  student  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Carmenthen,  Wales,  and  licensed  May  28th,  1720. 
"The  Congregation  of  Welsh  Tract  where  his  relatives,"  says 
Webster,  "were  among  the  wealthiest  and  most  highly  esteemed 
people,  petitioned  for  him."  He  was,  most  probably,  a  nephew 
of  David  Evans,  Esq.,  (Grantee)  and  cousin  of  the  first  Pastor, 
David  Evans.  He  was  a  brother  of  Nathaniel  Evans, ' '  who' '  Web- 
ster sa3's,  '  'was  a  large  proprietor  in  Delaware. ' '  Nathaniel  Evans 
was  one  of  the  Trustees  of  this  Church  to  whom  Margaret  Wil- 
liams— widow  of  Rodger  Williams — conveyed  the  lot  of  ground  in 
1742,  upon  which  the  "Meeting  House"  was  alread)' builded.  He 
died  in  1762,  aged  64  and  is  buried  here.  His  widow  became  the 
second  wife  of  Rev.  Morgan  Edwards,  Author  of  the  History  of 
New  Jersey  Baptists.* 

Thomas  Evans  supplied  Pencader  till  May  8th,  1723  when  he 
was  ordained  and  installed  in  the  little  wooden  structure,  already 
referred  to,  which  then  stood  upon  the  hill  over  there.  David  Ev- 
ans, Esq.,  the  Grantee,  before  mentioned,  made  proclamation, 
thrice,  at  the  Church  door,  upon  the  occasion,  "that  if  any  man 
knew  aught  against  the  character  or  doctrines  of  Thomas  Evans, 
he  should  then  come  forward  and  declare  it."  He  served  the 
Church  till  his  death,  which  occurred  May  31st,  1742,  at  the  age 
of  46  and  is  buried  in  Pencader  Church  Yard;  his  tomb  being 
near  that  of  his  brother  Nathaniel  Evans.  The  inscription  upon 
both  tombs  can  still  be  easily  read.      He  was  never  married. 

*See  a   Histon-  of  the  Presbyterian  Church   in  America,  by  Rev.  Richard    Webster 
page  374. 


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Thomas  Evatis  was  an  excellent  scliolar,  the  author  of  sev- 
eral books,  was  the  possessor  of  a  fine  lil)rary  and  was  continu- 
ally adding  to  his  stock  of  books.  He  had  an  Academy  at  Penca- 
der,  which  was  the  first  Presbyterian  vSchool  in  this  country;  an- 
tedating by  several  years,  the  "Log  College,"  and  the  vSynod 
Academy,  which  was  started  in  1743  by  Francis  Alison,  and  moved 
to  Newark,  Delaware,  in  1767. 

Thomas  livans  had  among  his  pupils,  the  Baptist  minister,  the 
Rev.  Abel  Morgan,  who  founded  the  Academy  at  Fagg's  Mannor, 
Pennsylvania,  at  which  President  vSamuel  Davies,  received  the 
rudiments  of  a  classical  education. 

In  1 74 1  this  Church  was  rent— in  common  with  many  others 
bv  the  preaching  of  Whitefield  and  the  revival  consequent;  those 
seceding  were  called  the  New  Side  and  formed  a  Church  at  the 
Head  of  Elk,  now  F^lkton,  and  another  at  Pigeon  Run  near  Red 
Lion.  The  Pastor  and  Pencader  Church  remained  with  the  Old 
Side. 

Rev.  Timothy  Griffith,  the  third  Pastor,  was  installed  in  1743. 
He  served  this  Church,  in  connection  with  the  Great  Valley  and 
Drawyers,  till  his  death  in  1754.  During  his  Pastorate,  the  Prov- 
ince was  threatened  with  an  invasion  by  the  Indians  and  the 
Pastor  was  elected  Captain  of  the  Company  which  New  Castle 
County  furnished.    He  resided  near  Drawyers  Church  upon  a  farm. 

For  the  next  26  years  Pencader  does  not  seem  to  have  had 
an  installed  Pastor,  but  was  supplied  part  of  this  time,  in  connec- 
tion with  St.  George's,  Drawyers  and  Forest  Churches:  the 
group  forming  a  Collegiate  Church,  under  the  Rev.  EHhu  Spencer 
who  lived  at  St.  George's.  This  arrangement  terminated  in  1769, 
and  Pencader  was  then  supplied  for  a  short  time  by  Rev.  Alexan- 
der McDowell,  Principal  of  the  vSynod  Academy,  which  in  1767, 
was  removed  to  Newark,  Delaware. 

Rev.  Samuel  Eakin  was  called  May  22nd,  1776  and  served  the 
Church  till  his  death,  in  1783.  This  was  during  the  Revolutionary 
war,  which  greatly  hindered  the  cause  of  religion,  and  interfered 
with  his  support.  He  is  remarkable  for  being  the  first  Pastor,  who 
preached  in  English.  Preaching  in  Welsh  is  said  to  have  contin- 
ued in  the  Welsh  Tract  Baptist  Church  for  a  quarter  of  a  century 
longer.  Mr.  Eakin  is  buried  at  Pigeon  Run,  near  Red  Lion,  Del- 
aware. His  tomb  is  marked  by  a  long  marble  slab,  which  is  kept 
in  excellent  condition  bv  friends. 


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About  this  time,  1782-3  the  second  building  was  erected  upon 
the  same  spot  where  the  present  edifice  stands.  Among  its  build- 
ers are  mentioned  Jacob  Paris,  Peter  Williams,  William  Whann 
and  Joseph  Thomas.  The  bricks  were  burned  on  the  farm  of 
Jacob  Paris.  It  was  a  low  brick  building  with  brick  floor,  high 
pews.  The  pulpit  was  in  the  east  end,  perched  well  up  towards 
the  ceiling,  with  sounding  board  over  head.  Each  pew  had 
a  heavy  oak  plank  laid  on  the  floor,  to  prevent  the  feet  from 
coming  in  contact  with  the  bricks.  It  had  no  chimneys  or  any 
arrangements  for  warming  it,  and  for  many  years  the  people, 
some  of  them,  coming  for  long  distances,  upon  horse  back, 
through  cold  and  snow,  would  sit  through  a  long  sermon  without 
fire,  and  when  the  subject  of  warming  the  Church  was  agitated, 
it  met  with  such  opposition  that  it  well  nigh  caused  a  schism  in 
the  Church. 

In  1789  the  Church  was  incorporated  and  took  the  name  of 
"the  Trustees  of  Pencader  Presbyterian  Church,  in  Pencader 
Hundred." 

i    Thomas  Evans,  Robert  Middleton, 

^  )   David  Howell,  Peter  Williams, 

Trustees 

I  Jacob  Fearis,  (or  Paris)     Adam  Wallace. 

(    Mathew  Aiken, 

(See  Deed  Record,  Pencader  Presbyterian  Church,  Book  I. 
Vol  2.  113  Recorder  of  Deeds  Office,  Wilmington,  Delaware.) 

The  act,  under  which  Churches  are  incorporated,  was  not 
passed  till  February  3rd,  1787,  and  the  seal,  bearing  the  present 
corporate  name  of  the  Church,  was  procured,  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  this  year  (1899),  and  was  first  used,  September  i6th, 
1899,  to  execute  a  release,  to  W.  J.  Ferris,  executor  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Van  Vrankin,  Deceased,  for  a  legacy  of  Three  Hundred  Dollars.* 
Prior  to  1789,  the  Church  was  known  as,  "The  Pencader  Presby- 
terian Congregation,"  and  this  seal  is  still  in  possession  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees:  but  it  has  no  date  upon  it. 

These  buttonwood  trees  were  planted,  about  the  time  of  the 
building  of  the  Church,  (1782  or  1783)  by  Jacob  Paris,  referred  to 
above,  and  his  brother-in-law,  Peter  Williams. 

*Mrs.  Mary  Van  Vranken,  nee  Miss  Bond,  was  born  November  25th,  1805.  She  was 
married  in  early  life,  to  John  Ford,  who  lived  but  a  short  time.  In  1S33,  she  became  the 
sixth  wife  of  Nathan  Boulden,  referred  to  in  another  part  of  this  sketch.  He  dying  in 
1848,  she  became  in  1S51,  the  third  wife  of  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Van  Vranken.  She  died  March 
loth,  1898,  in  her  ninety-third  year,  and  is  buried  with  her  first  husband,  near  the  east  end 
of  this  building.     She  and  Mr.  Boulden  were  both  members  of  this  Church. 


^  y^ 


REV.    SAMHEI.   BKI,L. 


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Between  1783  and  1792,  Rev.  Thomas  vSniith  was  Pastor  of 
Pencader  and  Forest  Churches,  and  Rev.  William  Chealy  was 
Pastor  of  the  same  Churches,  from  1796  to  1801.  Rev.  John 
Burton  from  rSoi  to  1803,  and  Rev.  John  Collins  from, 1803  to 
1808,  served  Pencader  in  connection  with  St.  George's. 

Rev.  Samuel  Bell  was  Pastor  of  Pencader  and  St.  George's 
united,  from  1808  to  1830,  when  he  resigned  his  connection,  with 
St.  George's:  but  remained  with  Pencader  till  1833,  when  he  re- 
signed at  Pencader,  after  which  he  resided  in  Newark,  Delaware, 
till  his  death  in  1855.     He  is  buried  at  Pencader. 

Mr.  Bell's  was  the  longest,  and  one  of  the  most  successful 
pastorates,  connected  with  this  Church.  December  6th,  1832, 
thirty-one  persons  were  admitted  on  profession,  and  during  his 
labors  here,  the  Woman's  Missionary  Society  was  formed.  From 
an  item  in  the  diary  of  Mrs.  Margaret  James,  which  says,  "May 
4th,  1819,  Went  to  the  monthly  concert  at  Pencader.  There  were 
few  there,"  it  would  appear  that  to-day  should  have  been  cele- 
brated as  the  80th,  instead  of  the  70th  Anniversary.  The  objects 
of  the  organization  are  believed  to  have  embraced  at  first  some- 
thing more  than  strictly  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  work,  and 
that  it  was  this  Society,  which  on  the  loth  of  May,  18 19  contribu- 
ted thirty  dollars,  in  the  name  of  the  women  of  Pencader  Con- 
gregation, to  make  Mr.  Bell  a  life  member  of  the  American  Bible 
Society. 

"The  Church  at  the  Head  of  Elk,  which  grew  out  of  the  div- 
ision in  1 741,  having,  by  act  of  the  Presbytery,  been  declared  a 
vacancy,  and  consolidated  wdth  Pencader  ;  from  this  time,  Pres- 
byterians residing  in  Elkton,  and  in  that  vicinity,  were  connected 
with  this  Church,  until  1833."* 

In  1800  David  Smith,  Esq.,  a  prominent  citizen  of  lilkton, 
having  been  many  years  Register  of  Wills  of  Cecil  County,  and  an 
Elder  in  Pencader  Church,  made  application  to  the  fall  meeting  of 
Presbytery,  to  have  Mr.  Hindman  as  a  supply  at  Elkton,  two 
Sabbaths  a  month,  viz: 

"Those  Sabbaths  when  Mr.  Chealy  doth  not  preach  at  Pen- 
cader," to  which  Presbytery  agreed.* 

On  May  3rd,  1833,  Dr.  Magraw,  of  West  Nottingham  Church, 
Messrs.  Robert  Graham,  Pastor  of  the  United  Churches  of  New 


*J.  T.  McCullough's  address  at  the  suth  anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  at  Elkton  in  1SS3. 


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London  and  Rock,  and  William  A.  Stevens,  Pastor,  of  the  First 
Church  of  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  the  Committee  appointed 
by  Presbytery,  met  in  the  Court  House  at  Elkton,  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  a  Presbyterian  Church,  and  at  the  same  time,  the 
session  of  Pencader  Church  met  at  Elkton  to  grant  certificates  to 
such  members  of  Pencader,  as  should  desire  to  join  the  Church, 
then  about  to  be  organized  at  Elkton.  Eighteen  persons  then 
made  application  and  were  granted  certificates. 

On  Saturday  May  4th,  Frisby  Henderson,  Andrew  Mclntire 
and  James  E.  Miles  were  unanimously  elected  Ruling  Elders;  all 
from  Pencader  Church  and  Mr.  Henderson  had  long  been  one  of 
its  Ruling  Elders.* 

"The  committee  then  proceeded  to  organize  the  Church  by 
installing  Mr.  Henderson  and  ordaining  Mr.  Mclntire,  Mr.  Miles 
having  declined." 

Our  next  Pastor  was  the  Rev.  Hugh  Hamill,  who  served  this 
Church,  in  connection  with  Elkton,  from  November  1833  till  April 
nth,  1837.  He  was  a  very  highly  educated  gentleman,  and  later 
made  a  success  in  conducting  a  classical  school  at  Lawrence ville. 
New  Jerse}',  and  then  retired  to  Newark,  Delaware,  where  he 
spent  the  evening  of  his  life,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  well  directed 
labors.  He  remained  a  very  strong  friend  of  this  Church,  and 
often  spoke  to  the  author,  about  its  welfare,  and  very  kindlj'  re- 
membered it,  in  his  last  will.  He  died  at  Newark,  Delaware  in 
1 88 1.     His  Widow,  who  was  Miss  Louisa  Russell,  still  survives. 

Mr.  Hamill  was  succeeded  October  i6th,  1838,  by  Rev.  James 
Mclntire,  who  served  both  Churches,  till  October  9th,  1849.  Mr. 
Mclntire  was  highly  esteemed,  and  his  Pastorate  was  one  of  the 
most  fruitful  in  the  history  of  this  Church,  being  particularly 
successful  in  reaching  j^oung  people.  Though  Mr.  Mclntire  re- 
tired from  the  active  ministr}^  he  never  abandoned  the  Profession 
of  his  choice,  but  continued  to  preach  in  this  and  neighboring 
Churches,  as  opportunity  was  afforded,  and  his  services  were  always 
appreciated. 

The  next  Pastor  was  the  Rev.  Horatio  Howell  who  served 
both  Churches  from  1849  to  1852,  when  his  relations  with  Penca- 
der ceased,  Mr.  Howell  continuing  with  the  Elkton  Church. 

From  1852  to  1855  the  Church  was  served  by  supplies,  of 
whom  I  can  only  find  the  Rev.  T.  B.  Jervis  mentioned. 

*See  McCuUough's  address. 


REV.    GEORGE    FOOT. 
Pastor  from   1.S55-1S66. 
Cou)  tesY  of  "Old  Diau'veii,:' 


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On  June  i8th,  1854,  Henry  Cazier,  James  Frazer  and  James 
Stewart  were  elected  Ruling  Klders,  and  were  ordained  by  Mr. 
Jervis  on  the  following  Sabbath. 

In  1852  the  present  Church  building  was  erected.  It  cost 
about  $5000.      It  is  insured,  at  this  time,  for  $4000. 

Henry  Cazier,  Cantwell  Clark,  Jacob  Faris,  William  W. 
Stewart  and  Robert  Cann  were  Trustees  at  this  time,  but  there 
are  no  records  of  the  Board  from  1S33  to  1854  to  be  found. 

The  Parsonage  was  built  in  1856.  The  deed  for  the  land 
from  Samuel  Harris  and  Sarah  Harris  bearing  date  of  June  8th  of 
that  year.  The  land  and  the  buildings  cost  about  $3000.  Present 
insurance  $1700. 

Rev.  George  Foot  was  the  next  Pastor.  He  was  installed 
November  15th,  1855  and  remained  with  the  Church  till  1866: 
serving  Christiana  Church  also,  during  part  of  this  time. 

Mr.  Foot  was  a  ripe  scholar,  and  a  deep  Theologian,  and  had 
the  reputation  for  making  fine  points  and  drawing  his  conclusions 
therefrom,  with  the  accuracy  of  a  well  trained  man  of  the  legal 
profession.     On  this  account,  he  was  sometimes  called  Gamaliel. 

He  served  the  Church  during  the  Civil  War,  and  was  very 
pronounced  in  his  zeal  for  the  Federal  cause.  He  died  at  Odessa 
in  1867.''- 

Rev.  Edward  Webb  w'as  installed  July  19th,  1866.  In  him 
were  combined,  more  than  in  most  men,  universal  gifts;  being  an 
acceptable  preacher,  good  pastor,  and  the  possessor  of  industr}- 
and  rare  ecclesiastical  business  tact.  His  entrance  upon  his  duties 
here,  marked  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  in  the  history  of  this 
Church.  Under  his  labors  it  greatly  prospered  and  still  shows 
many  signs  of  his  faithful  ministrations.  The  pastoral  relations 
were  dis.solved  in  October  1871.  After  which,  although  busily 
engaged  upon  other  fields,  he  never  lost  his  interest  in  this:  often 
returning  to  preach  for  us  and  no  person  was  ever  more  warmly 
welcomed  amongst  us  than  he.  He  died  suddently  in  1898.  His 
widow,  who  was  Miss  Nancy  Allyn  Foot,  and  five  children  sur- 
vive him. 

Rev.  Jason  Rogers  was  installed  on  January  17th,  1872,  and 
remained  till  1879,  when  he  resigned,  greatly  regretted  by  his 
flock,  but  after  remaining  away,  for  over  three  years,  he  returned 

♦For  more  extended  account  of  Mr.  Foot's  life  and  work,  see  Biography  by  Mrs.  Har- 
riet Foot  Moore  published  by  the  Society. —  'Friends  of  Old  Drawyers,"  in  1898. 


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and  preached  his  last  sermon.  The  next  week  he  was  stricken 
with  Paralysis  and  died,  after  a  few  days  illness,  in  Baltimore,  in 
October  1S82.  He  has  left  many  monuments  of  his  faithfulness 
to  this  Church  and  to  the  Master's  cause. 

Rev.  George  Rogers  was  installed  in  October  1880,  and  re- 
mained two  years.  He  was  a  man  of  great  ability  and  did  a  great 
deal  of  deep  reading.  He  accomplished  a  good  work  in  the  short 
time  he  was  with  us.  Through  his  efforts  $700  was  raised  and 
put  upon  the  Church  in  repairs. 

Rev.  T.  C.  Anderson  was  installed  in  October  1883,  and  re- 
mained at  his  post  till  his  death,  June  4th,  1891. 

His  failing  health  had  been  noticed  for  some  time,  and  the 
great  difficulty  under  which  he  resolutely  performed  many  of  his 
services,  was  painfully  apparent  to  his  people.  He  was  given  a 
vacation  by  the  Church  in  the  hope  that  he  might  be  restored  to 
health,  but  after  making  a  short  stay  at  Atlantic  City,  he  returned 
home  only  to  die,  among  the  people  he  loved,  and  who  loved  him, 
so  well.  He  represented  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle  in  the 
General  Assembly,  1889. 

Rev.  H.  G.  G.  Vincent  acted  as  stated  supply  from  Novem- 
ber 1 89 1  till  May  1892  when  he  was  installed.  He  remained  till 
the  summer  of  1895  when  he  suddenly  created  great  surprise  by 
announcing  his  intention  to  resign  his  charge  and  to  leave  the 
ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  The  Pastoral  relations 
were  dissolved  on  September  2nd,  1895,  greatly  to  the  regrets  of 
his  congregation.  He  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church. 

Rev.  Walter  H.  Stone  was  installed  November  26th,  1895, 
and  the  Pastoral  relations  ceased  February  5th,  1899. 

During  the  present  year  the  Trustees,  having  been  authorized 
by  the  Congregation,  have  expended  $1200  in  repairs  upon  the 
Church  edifice.  The  work  has  been  done  in  the  most  substantial 
and  thorough  manner.  The  audience  room  was  stripped,  and  lath- 
ed and  plastered,  making  the  walls  double,  and  the  plastering  is  fin- 
ished with  a  coat  of  tinted  mortar.  The  building  has  been  roofed 
with  I.  C.  tin  and  painted,  inside  and  out,  the  pews  and  doors 
and  wainscoting  grained,  all  in  the  most  workmanlike  manner, 
and  a  new  carpet  adorns  the  floor.  For  all  of  which,  spot  cash 
was  paid,  owing  to  the  efforts  of  a  committee  of  ladies,  who  solic- 


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ited  contributions  and  otherwise  aided  the  good  work,  to  whom  a 
lasting  debt  of  gratitude  is  due  from  this  Congregation. 

A  unanimous  call  was  extended  to  Rev.  T.  C.  Potter,  July 
nth,  1899  and  he  entered  upon  his  duties  on  the  following  Sab- 
bath. Arrangements  have  been  made  for  his  installation  to  take 
place  October  20th,  1899. 

In  the  latter  part  of  August  1777,  Howe  landed  near  the  Head 
of  Elk,  near  Elkton  and  marched  over  Gray's  Hill.  Kniphausen 
and  Agnew  landed  on  Bohoemia  Manor,  and  marched  through 
Aikentown,  (Glasgow)  and  on  the  3rd  of  September,  Johnson 
says,  "the  British  line  extended  from  Glasgow,  then  called  Aiken- 
town, to  a  point  some  distance  northwest  of  the  Baptist  Church  on 
Iron  Hill,  and  on  this  day  the  battle  of  Cooch's  Bridge  and  Iron 
Hill  was  fought,"— supposed  to  be  the  first  fighting  under  the 
"Stars  and  Stripes."*  "The  American  loss  was  about  40  killed 
The  British  loss  was  somewhat  less.  "*  *  Captain  John  Crawford 
grandfather  of  Miss  Rebecca  Crawford,  marched  from  Middletown 
here;  but  owing  to  the  positions  of  the  two  armies,  he  was  unable 
to  join  the  American  forces,  and  therefore  did  not  participate  in 
the  battle,  but  quartered  his  Company  in  the  old  meeting  house 
here,  where  they  remained  all  night,  resting  upon  their  arms.f 

Abraham  Short,  the  maternal  grandfather  of  Miss  Rebecca 
Crawford,  was  with  Washington  at  Valley  Forge  during  the  win- 
ter of  1777-8.  He  is  buried  near  the  northeast  corner  of  this 
building.  He  died  when  Miss  Rebecca  was  19  years  old,  and 
she  can  relate  many  interesting  incidents,  connected  with  the 
Revolutionary  War,  which  she  received  from  him,  by  word  of 
mouth.  When  he  was  advised  to  apply  for  a  pension,  he  became 
very  indignant,  and  brought  his  papers  all  out  and  threw  them 
into  the  fire,  saying,  he  "didn't  serve  his  Country  for  money." 
Such  a  patriot  in  these  days  would  be  a,  "rara  avis." 

The  Crawford  family  of  which  Miss  Rebecca  is  the  only  rep- 
resentative of  her  generation  left,  trace  their  origin  in  this 
Country  to  James  Crawford  who  came  over  with  Sir  Robert  Carr 
in  1664,  the  year  in  which  the  Dutch  were  driven  out  of  the  Prov- 

*Congress  adopted  the  "Stars  and  Stripes"  in  July  i777  and  it  is  known  to  have  been 
carried  in  the  Battle  of  Brandywine  September  iith,  1777. 

*  *Johnson's  of  Cecil  County. 

fThis  incident  was  told  to  Miss  Rebecca  Crawford,  by  Mrs.  Margaret  Black,  who  was 
thirty  years  old,  at  the  time  of  its  occurrence.  The  memories  of  these  two  remarkable 
persons,  cover  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  of  our  history. 


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ince.  About  1747  Elenora  Crawford,  graiifidaughter  of  James, 
married  a  Porter,  a  paternal  ancestor  of  Commodore  Porter.  Mr. 
Foot  says,  Commodore  Porter,  father  of  Admiral  Porter,  was  edu- 
cated here,  his  father's  residence  being  but  a  short  distance 
from  this  place.  He  was  born  in  Boston  in  1780  while  his  mother 
was  on  a  visit  to  his  father.  Captain  Porter,  who  had  entered 
that  Port  from  a  cruise  on  the  Ocean.*  He  was  commander  of 
the  Essex  in  18 12,  and  was  United  States  Minister  to  Constanti- 
nople, from   1 83 1  to  1843.      He  died   at  Constantinople,  in  1843. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  W.  E.  Moore  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  this  Church  when  he  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1850:  hav- 
ing joined  it  in  1842.  He  married  Miss  Harriet  Foot,  the  daughter 
of  Rev.  George  Foot,  Pastor  of  this  Church  from  1855  to  1866. 
Dr.  Moore  was  prominent  for  more  than  forty  years,  in  one  way 
and  another,  as  leader  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was,  for  sev- 
enteen years,  stated  clerk  of  the  Synod  of  Ohio.  In  1884  he  was 
chosen  the  permanent  Recording  Clerk  of  the  General  Assembly, 
and  in  [890  was  unanimously  chosen  to  the  highest  honor  the 
Church  can  give  its  ministers,  the  Moderatorship  of  the  General 
Assembly.     He  died  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  June  5th,  1899  aged  76. 

Few  Churches  have  had  a  greater  number  of  prominent  peo- 
ple connected  with  them  than  this.  Ours  is  a  rich  heritage.  We 
who  are  here  to-day  are  the  successors  of  a  sturdy  people.  Giants 
once  strode  these  paths;  and  if  they  can  only  be  permitted  to  re- 
turn to  the  scenes  of  their  former  cares,  how  must  their  joys  be 
enhanced,  and  if  as  some  believe — our  friends  who  have  entered 
the  Spirit  Eand, 

"Can  attend  and  love  us  still," 
what  an  immense  throng  must  old  Pencader  have  watching  over 
her  to-day  ! 

I  have  often  thought  how  wonderful  it  is,  that  this  old 
Church,  though  never  strong,  should  continue  to  exist  through 
all  these  years  of  ups  and  downs,  while  so  many  larger  Churches 
have  weakened  and  died  out,  in  a  generation. 

Many  noble  friends  of  this  old  Church,  who  in  times  past 
have  labored  in  it,  with  a  true  devotion  to  the  Master's  cause, 
are  still  graciously  spared  to  offer  up  their  prayers  in  our  behalf. 
These  doubtless  constitute  no  small  factor  in  perpetuating  our 
existence.     Their  deep  concern  for  our  welfare  is  well  attested 

♦History  of  Old  Drawyers,  by  Rev.  George  Foot. 


WII^LIAM    EVES   MOORE,    D.  D.    I,I<.  D. 

United  with  Pencader  Church  in   1842.     Was  Moderator  of  the 
General  Assembly  in   1890. 

Courtesy  0/ "The  Amulet,"    West  Chester,  Pa. 


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by  the  following  kindly  message  which  has  recently  been  received 
from  one  of  them  :  one  who  though  absent  for  nearly  thirty  years 
still  finds  her  heart  in  Pencader  Church.     She  says  : — 

"I  have  been  thinking  a  great  deal  lately,  of  God's  watch- 
fulness over  small  Churches.  They  seem  to  have  His  spec- 
ial care.  They  have  indeed  their  periods  of  depression,  but 
they  rise  again,  and  it  is  certainly  a  fact,  that  a  greater  pro- 
portion of  the  l)est  men  of  the  Country  in  Pulpit  and  State, 
have  come  from  small  Churches. 

It  becomes  you  then,  as  a  people,  to  be  bound  together  in 
greater  Christian  zeal;  to  be  more  earnest  in  every  good 
work,  and  God's  blessings  will  be  more  than  you  can  ask  or 
think." 


GREETINGS  FROM  THE  ELKTON  CHURCH. 

By  George  A.   Blake,  Esq. 

This  day  will  long  be  remembered  as  one  of  the  brightest  in 
the  history  of  Pencader  Church;  not  so  much  because  of  her 
present  numerical  strength,  but  bright  in  the  lustre  of  a  glorious 
past  and  the  supreme  hopefulness  of  her  future.  Her  history  is 
a  most  convincing  proof  that  he  that,  "keepeth  Israel  shall  slum- 
ber not  nor  sleep. ' ' 

As  to-day  we  have  heard  recounted  the  streams  of  influence 
which  in  the  past  have  poured  forth  from  this  Church  bringing 
refreshment  to  the  land  and  carrying  the  word  of  eternal  life  to 
the  ends  of  the  earth,  what  one  of  us  has  not  wished  that  some 
power  divine  could  gather  them  all  back  and  measure  their  won- 
drous results  ?  From  city  and  country,  from  village  and  hamlet, 
from  prairie  and  mountain  side,  from  distant  isles  of  the  sea  and 
heathen  jungle,  would  they  return  laden  with  blessings  for  those 
from  whose  hearts  they  went  forth  on  their  errands  of  mercy. 
Not  in  time,  but  alone  in  the  boundless  ages  of  eternity,  will  their 
beneficent  results  appear. 

The  Elkton  Church,  founded  in  1833,  is  an  offspring  of  old 
Pencader.  Representing  her,  I  come  to-day,  bearing  the  greetings 
of  a  loving  and  dutiful  daughter  to  her  honored  mother.  Greatly 
does  she  rejoice  in  the  vigorous  old  age  and  noble  career  of  that 


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mother,  and  fondly  does  wish  for  her  many  years  of  service  and 
usefuhiess  in  the  time  to  come.  Pencader  poured  forth  of  her 
life  blood  in  founding  that  Church,  by  sending  thither  some  of 
her  most  faithful  members. 

Fragrant  is  their  memory  and  truly  do  their  works  follow 
them.  This  is  the  spot  they  loved;  and  here,  from  this  pulpit, 
they  heard  the  voice  of  their  inspiration. 

To-day  3'ou  have  solved  one  of  the  vexing  questions  that 
troubles  many  timorous  souls  even  within  the  Christian  Church. 

Would  that  you  could  gather  here  those  whose  weak  faith 
fears  that  the  Church  of  God  will  fall  before  her  foes.  Would 
that  here  were  assembled  all  those  carping  critics  who  loudly 
proclaim  that  her  downfall  has  already  been  accomplished.  You 
have  today  shown  reason  for  banishing  the  fears  of  the  one  and 
silencing  the  boasts  of  the  other.  Pencader' s  career  and  the 
works  and  faith  of  this  Missionary  Society  with  its  sevent}^  years 
of  service,  are  arguments  convincing  to  all. 

Well  may  Dr.  Skinner,  in  his  historical  account  of  this 
Church,  find  ground  for  hopefulness  for  her  future  in  the  faithful- 
ness of  God  to  his  people  and  their  love  to  Him  in  the  past.  If 
you  shall  ask  me  what  has  been  the  potent  influence  in  the  past, 
on  which  we  may  rely  for  the  future,  shall  I  say  the  faithfulness 
of  her  preaching?  Truly,  her  pulpit  has  spoken  in  no  uncertain 
voice,  and  her  pastors  have  been  men  beloved  of  God,  to  whom 
some  of  them  have  long  since  rendered  their  faithful  account. 
But  it  has  been  more  than  that.  Do  you  ask  if  it  has  been  the 
Sunday  School  where  the  word  of  life  has  been  carefully  and 
prayerfully  taught  ?  Faithful  indeed  have  been  her  teachers  who 
sowed  the  seed  with  loving  care,  but  it  has  been  more  than  that. 
Has.  it  been  the  prayer  meeting  where  the  few  met  to  ask  for 
God's  presence  and  blessing  upon  the  field?  Yes,  that,  but  more 
than  all  that.  This  day  brings  the  true  answer.  Long  years  ago 
the  good  women  of  this  Church,  filled  with  the  Spirit  of  their 
Master,  unselfishly  resolved  to  send  the  gospel  to  their  sisters 
and  brothers  in  the  dark  places  of  the  earth.  Just  as  Christ  was 
unwilling  to  remain  in  heaven  while  the  children  of  earth  were  in 
need  of  a  Saviour,  so  these  women  in  the  goodness  of  their  hearts 
thought  first  of  the  children  of  darkness  who  knew  not  the  name 
of  their  God.  My  friends,  here  has  been  the  secret  of  God's  con- 
fiding care,  nor  will  He  forget  you  now. 


APPENDIX 


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PASTORS. 


David  Evans,  1710-1721. 
Thomas  Evans,  1723-1742. 
Timothy  Griffith,  1748-1754. 
Elihu  Spenser,  (Supply)  till  1769. 
Alexander  McDowell,  (vSupply) 
Samuel  Eakin,  1776-1783. 
Rev.  Thomas  Smith,  1783-1795. 
Wm.  Chealy,  1796-1801.      " 
John  Burton,  1801-1803. 
John  Collins,  1803-1808. 
Samuel  Bell,  1808-1833. 
Hugh  Hamill,  1833-1837. 


James  Mclntire,  1838-1849. 
Horatio  Howell,  1849-1852. 
J.  B.  Jarvis,  (Supply) 
George  Foot,  1855-1866. 
PMward  Wehb,  1866-1871. 
Ja.son  Rogers,  1872-1879. 
Geo.  Rogers,  1880-1882. 
J.  L.  Polk,  (Supply) 
T.  C.  Anderson,  1883-1891. 
H.  G.  G.  Vincent,  1891-1895. 
Walter  E.  Stone,  1895-1899. 
Thomas  Chalmers  Potter,  1899. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  SESSION. 


David  vSmith,  Elkton,  Md. 
Peter  Williams,* 


Peter  Williams, 
Seth  Stewart, 
Frisbv  Henderson, 


Jacob  Paris,  Jr. 
James  Stewart, 
James  Frazer, 


Samuel  Frazer, 
Alex.  Simpson, 


D.  Brainerd  Ferris, 


In    1807. 

Henry  Robinson, 
Alex.  Cavender, 
Samuel  Murphy. 


1824. 


Wm.  Watson, 
Thomas  J.  Clark, 
James   McCullough,    (Name 
not  occur  after  1832. ) 


does 


1854  to  1856. 

Robert  Cann, 
Henry  Cazier, 
Andrew  Eliason,t 
George  B.  Clark. 


1870. 


W.  W.  Stewart, 
D.  B.  Ferris. 


1899. 

John  H.  Frazer, 
W.  T.  Skinner,  M.  D. 


*Died  in  1825. 

tMr.  Andrew  Eliason  was  made  Elder  in  1S54  but  I  cannot  ascertain  when  he  joined 
the  Church. 


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TRUSTEES. 


GRorxn  Dkeded  to  These  in   1742. 

David  Howell.  Thomas  Jaines. 

Thomas  Thomas.  Nathaniel  Williams, 

Joseph  Thomas.  Nathaniel  I'A-ans. 

Simon  James, 


Church  Incorporated  with  Thesic  in   1789. 


David  Howell, 
Thomas  Evans, 
Jacob  Paris,  Sr. , 
INIathew  Aiken. 


Robert  Miildleton, 
Peter  Williams, 
Adam  Wallace. 


Died  in  Office   Before   February  i6th,    1798. 


James  Dnnlap. 
Dr.  John  L.  Beard. 


John  Porter. 
Robert  Smith. 


Thomas  Henderson. 


Old  Members  in  1798. 

Robert  Allen, 
Jacob  Cazier. 


The  dates  placed  after  the  followin,^  names  indicate  when 
they  were  fir.st  elected.  Although  many  of  them  were  elected 
several  times  to  the  office,  for  the  sake  of  brevity  a  name  is  in- 
serted but  once. 


Wm.  Bunker.  ITitS. 
Thos.  Moore,  1798, 
Alex.  Vail,  1798, 
Wm.  Dunlap,  1799, 
Archibald  Armstrong,  1799, 
Levi  Boulden,  1799, 
Wm.  Whann.  1801. 
John  Crawford,  1801, 
James  Thompson,  ISOl, 
Oliver  R.  Howell,  1801, 
Roger  Williams,  1801, 
Thos.  Howell,  1801, 


Robt.  p:akin,  (before  1808) 
James  Stewart,  Sr,  (before  1808) 
Christopher  Jones,  (before  1808) 
Wm.  vSmith,  (before  1808) 
Dr.  Samuel  H.  Black,  1808, 
Wm.  Watson,  1812, 
Seth  Stewart,  181-2, 
Frisby  Henderson,  1818, 
Jacob  Paris,  Jr.  1818, 
John  Clark,  1818, 
Thos.  Vail,  1818, 

Mathew   Kean,    1818,   (Recorder  of 
Deeds  in  1833) 


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James  Stewart,  Jr.  1818, 

Nathan  Boulden,  1822, 

Archibald  Gorden,  1827, 

Henry  Cazier,  1833, 

Thomas  Prettyman,  1833, 

Andrew  Mclntire,  1833, 

(No  proceedings  of  the  Board  re- 
corded from  July  15th,  1833  to 
March  7th,  1854 — 21  years. 

Robt.  Cann,  1854, 

Henry  Cazier,  1854, 

W.  W.  Stewart,  1854, 

James  Frazer,  1854, 

Cantwell  Clark,  1854, 

vSamuel  Frazer,  1854, 

R.  M.  Black,  1854, 

John  Frazer,  1859, 


F^erdinand  Janvier,  1859, 
R.  T.  Cann,  Sr.,  1859, 
George  Boulden,  Sr.,  1859, 
James  Stewart,  (of  Seth)  1868, 
-Samuel  Alrichs,  1868, 
Alexander  Simpson,  1869, 
vSamuel  Mclntire,  1869, 
*J.  W.  Cooch,  1870, 
A.  J.  Raimond,  1871, 
*Dr.  W.  T.  Skinner,  1873, 
D.  B.  Ferris,  1877, 
*R.  M.  Cann,  1883, 
John  C.  Mclntire,  1883, 
*J.  B.  Cazier,  1887, 
*C.  B.  vStewart,  1887, 
R.  T.  Cann,  Jr.,  1896. 


♦Member.';  of  the  present  Board,  i8 


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PEW  HOLDERS  1798-1808. 


Adair,  Wni. 
Allen,  Robt. 
Allis,  John 
Armstrong,  A. 
Adams,  Geo. 
AlesV)ery,  Fredk. 
Alrich,  Isaac 
Allen,  James 
Alexander,  Mrs. 

( widow ) 
Arm.strong,  David 
Bakam,  James 

Beard,  John  L. 

Boulden,  Elisha 

Bauon,  James 

Boulden,  Levi 

Bunker,  \Vm. 

Beard,  James 

Boulden,  James,  Jr., 

Black,  Dr.  S.  H. 

Camblem,  Wm. 

Clark,  John 

Curlet.  \Vm. 

Cazier,  Jacob 

Clark,  Thomas 

Cavender,  Alex. 

Clark,  Henry 

Cooch,  Wm. 

Davey,  Joshua 

Davey,  Joseph 
Dunlap,  Wm. 
Eakin,  Wm. 
Evans,  Joel 


Ford,  John 
Glen,  Thomas 
Groves,  Richd. 
Guthery,  vSaml. 
Hewitt,  vSaml. 
Henderson,  Thos. 
Hagony,  Nancy 
Haughey,  Wm. 
Howell,  Sarah 
Hyatt,  John 
Hyatt,  Sarah 
James,  Mrs.  Mary 
John,  Jones 
Kimble,  John 
Laurence,  James 
Laurence,  John 
McBride,  Saml. 
McCall,  Alex. 

McCoy,  John 
Mitchell,  Dr. 

Minor,  Thomas 

Moore,  Wm. 

Moore,  Thos. 

Moore,  Alex. 

Morton,  Archibald 

Murdock,  Hugh 

INIurphy,  Saml. 

Middleton,  Robt. 

Nelson,  Mr. 

O'Hara,  Edward 

Peery,  W^m. 

Pennington,  Nimrod 

Rhodes,  Jos. 


R')l)inson.  Henry 
Robinson,  John 
Robinson,  Wm. 
Scott,  Wm. 
vSteel,  Wm. 
Short,  Abraham 
Sharp,  Saml. 
Smith,  Robert 
Steel,  Thomas 
Stewart,  Seth 
Stewart,  John 

vStewart,  Hannah  A. 

Stewart,  Benj. 

Stewart,  James 

Smith,  Benj. 

Porter,  Robert 

Porter,  John 

Powell,  James 

Taylor,  Jeremiah 

Thomas,  Theodore 

Thomas,  Eleanor 

Thompson,  Jr.,  Pexton 

Vail,  John 

Vail,  Alex. 

Vasant,  Asa. 
Wallace,  Adam 

Watson,  John 

Whann,  Wm. 
Whimble,  John 
Wilson,  Hugh 
Williams,  Roger 
Williams,  Peter 
Watson,  Wm. 


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LIST  OF  COMMUNICANTS  IN  1807. 


David  Smith,  (Elkton,  Register 

of  Wills  for  Cecil  Co.,  Md. 
Henr}'  Robinson, 
Peter  Williams, 
Alex.  Cavender, 
Samuel  Murphy, 
Joel  Evans  and  Silvia  Evans, 
Sidney  David, 
Mary  W^elsh, 
Jane  Boldin, 

Wm.  Peery  and  Keziah  Peer}',* 
Elinor  Howell, 
Eliza  Thompson, 
Mary  Alison, 
Ann  Eakin, 

Jas.  Stewart,  Sr.,  and  Nancy  Stewart, 
Anne  Stewart, 
Charity  Cazier, 
Rebecca  Alexander, 
Margaret  James, 


Ann  Murphy, 

Margaret  Cavender, 

Sarah  Howell, 

Catharine  Hagony, 

Sarah  Robinson, 

Codelia  Pennington, 

Margaret  Black,  (Mother  of  Dr.  vSam- 

uel  H.  Black) 
Margaret  Griffith, 
James  Allen, 

Christopher  Jones  and  Ann  Jones, 
Jacob  Paris, 
Annabella  Williams, 
Sarah  Wilson, 
Wm.  Smith, 
Nanc}'  Smith, 
Sarah  Underwood, 
Margaret  Adair, 
Isabella  Sharp, 
Henry  Stephens  Coulourd,* 


*Not  sure  of  this  name. 


59 


List  of  Members  admitted  after  September  13th,  1807  as 
complete  as  can  be  gathered  from  the  scant  records:  Each  name 
beings  copied, — in  regard  to  initials  and  the  titles,  Mr.  Mrs.  and 
Miss  and  the  same  spelling  to  conform  as  nearly  as  possible  to  the 
Church  Register. 

Susann    Darrali.    ISl.'i,    (For   Marj^^'t 

Darrah,  see  IS'20. ) 
Effie  Stewart,  181.5. 
James  LafFerty,  ISKi, 
Mary  Ann  LafTerty,  ISKi, 
Mary  Ann  Kniory,  ISKi, 
Silve  Ej^ner,  ISKi, 
Sarah  Paris,  1S17, 
Marian  Middleton,  1S17, 
(Mrs.  Maxwell.) 
Mrs.  Twedde,  1S17, 

.Amos.  Paris  and  Cathrin  Paris.  1S17, 
Isabella  Long,  1S17, 
M.  Kain,  (Mathew  Kcan )  ISIS, 
Mr.  Painter,  181S. 
Mrs.  Painter,  ISIS. 


Thos.  Clark,  ISd'.l, 
l-;k'anor  Clark,  1809, 
Rathia  Paris,  1809, 
vSusan  Condon.  1S09. 
Mrs.  S.  I'ndervvood,  1809, 
INIary  Scott.  ISO'.t. 

Whann.  1S09, 

Marg't  Porter.  ISIO. 

Jane  Adair,  ISIO. 

Mrs.  Hunter.   ISIO, 

Wm.  Watson,  ISK). 

Mentina  Mclntire,  ISIO. 

Joseph  Graham.  ISKI. 

James  vShort,  ISK). 

p:ii/.abeth  Watson.  ISIO, 

Mrs.  Robertson.  ISIO. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Hollingsworth  Cooch.   Mrs.  Eliza  Scott,  (of  Elkton.  Md. ) 


ISIO. 
Mrs.  Gorden.  ISll. 
Mr-s.  Graham.  ISll, 
Mrs.  Nolen.   isil. 
Mrs.  vShort.  ISll, 
Miss  J.  Guthery,  ISH. 
Mrs.  Wm.  Scott,  1811, 
Mr.  S.  Steward,  ISll. 
Mrs.  Robin.son.  1811, 
Mrs.-  Mary  Dunlap. 
Elizabeth  Thomas.  181  "J. 
Mrs.  Bolton,  ISKi. 
Mrs.  Graham,   1812, 
Miss  Arm.strong,  1812, 
Mrs.  Steward.  1812. 
Mrs.  vSteel.  1812, 
Mrs.  Hig.gins.  ISl.i, 
Mary  Lafferty.  iSKi, 
Mary  Laflferty,  Jr.,  181'). 
Nancy  Thomas,  1815, 
Delia  Pennington.  ISl.^. 
Mrs.  Darrah,  I8I0. 
Ann  Darrah.  181.'). 

tHeughey  or  Haughey. 

♦Exact  date  cannot  be  ascertained. 


Robert  Stewart,  1818, 

Charles  Haughey,  1819, 

Sarah  Haughey,  1819. 

Elizabeth  Haughey.  1819. 

Frisby  Hender.son.  1819, 

Sam'l.  Mclntire,  1819, 

Eleanor  Mclntire,  1819, 

Mrs.  Porter,  1820. 

Mrs.  Stewart,  1820. 

Mrs.  Cann.  (wife  of  William  Cann ) 

1820, 
Mrs.  Scot.  1820, 
Miss  Heughey,  1820,t 
Rachel  Waugh.  1820. 
Margaret  Darrah.  1820, 
Elizabeth  Hackit,  1820, 
Sarah  Underwood.  1820. 
Margaret  Person,  1820. 
Mrs.  Moore,  1821, 
Mrs.  Bond,  (The  mother  of  Mrs.  Van 

Vrankin)  1821, 
Robert  Sherrer,  1822. 
INIrs.  Susan  W.  Paris.  1822,* 


60 


Jacob  Tindle,  1822, 

Seraphina  Enos,  1822,* 

Elizabeth  vStewart,  1 822. 

Dorcas  Black,  1822,* 

A.  Williams,  1822, 

Margaret  Moore,  1822,* 

Nathan  Boulden,  1822, 

R.  Steel,  1822, 

Elizabeth  Dougherty,  1823, 

James  McCullough,  1823,* 

Ann  Smith,  1823, 

Enoch  Thomas,  1823, 

Sarah  Boulden,  1826, 

Mrs.  Allen,  1827. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Miles,'  1831, 

James  Robinson,  1831, 

Sarah  Ellison,  1831, 

Ann  Sterling,  1831, 

Priscilla  J.  Boulden,  1831, 

Mrs.  Eliza  vStewart,  1831, 

vSusan  England,  1831, 

Mar>^  Boulden,  (Daughter  of  Nathan) 

1831, 
Jacob  Faris,  Jr.,  1831, 
Thos.  D.  Bell,(Sonof  thePastor)1831, 
Samuel  Bell,  (Son  of  the  Pastor  )1831,* 
Mrs.  Mary  Bell,  (Wife  of  the  Pastor) 

1831, 
Andrew  Mclntire,  1831, 
Sarah  Towmsly,  1831. 
Ann  Biggs,  1831, 
Sarah  Bolan,  1831, 
Eliza  Bolan,  1831, 
John  Eves,  1831, 
Sarah  Ellis,  1831, 
Lydia  Cann,  (Mrs.  Andrew  Eliason) 

1832, 
Robt.  Cann,  1832, 
John  Gordan,  1832, 
Seth  Stewart,  1832, 
Jane  Eves,  1832. 
Rebecca  Greenley,  1832, 
Thos.  Prettyman,  1832, 
Abram  Eves,  1832, 
Wm.  W.  Stewart,  1832, 
Daniel  Cann,  1832, 
Emily  Underwood,  1832, 


Isabella  Devlin,  1832, 

Nancy  Short,  1832, 

Anna  M.  Moore,  (Sister  of  Rev.  Dr. 
W.  E.  Moore)  1832, 

Mary  Ann  Cann,  1832, 

Susan  Stewart,  1832, 

Susan  Caulk,  1832, 

Ann  Faris,  1832, 

Ann  Faris,  Jr.,  (Mrs.  Adair)  1832, 

Sarah  Thompson,  1832. 

Sarah  Underwood,  1832,* 

Sarah  Underwood,  Jr.,  1832, 

Edmund  Janvier  and  Mrs.   Ann  Jan- 
vier, 1832, 

James  L.  Miles  and  Harriet  Miles,  1832, 

Sarah  Cazier,  1832, 

Ann  Dodd,  1832, 

Margaret  Prettyman,  1832, 

Rebecca  Devlin,  1832, 

James  T.  McCullough,  1832, 

Henry  Cazier,  1833, 

Mrs.  Jane  Miles,  ( Nee  Miss  Stewart ) 
1833, 

James  Stewart,  1833, 

Wm.  Thompson,  Esq.,  1833, 

Enoch  Thomas,  1833, 

Miss  Rachel  J.  Robinson,  1834, 

Mrs.  Kezia  Jane  Crawford,  1834, 

Miss  Latitia  Thompson,  1834, 

Elizabeth  H .  Moore,  ( Mrs.  vShields )  1 834. 

James  Stewart,  1834, 

Mary  Ann  Short,   (  Mrs.  Sanniel  Stew- 
art) 1835, 

Samuel  Sutton,  1835, 

George  Clark,  1835, 

Daniel  Haynes,  1835, 

Sarah  Haynes,  1835, 

Lydia  Cole,  1836, 

Margaret  Amanda  Cann,  1836, 

Mary  Ann  Underwood,  1836, 

Rebecca  Ann  vShort,  1836, 

Miss  Julia  vSt.  John,  1837, 

Mrs.  Lemira  Frazer,  1838, 

John  Frazer,  and  Mrs.  Ingeber  Frazer, 
1838, 

James  Frazer  and  Mrs.  Emily  Frazer, 
1838, 


♦Exact  date  cannot  be  ascertained. 


61 


Miss  Jane  Fra/.er,  lS;iS, 

James  Leonard,  1S:{S, 

Wni.  Thompson   and   Sarah  Thomp- 
son, lS3i», 

Jane  Prettyman,  l.S;]9, 

Mrs.  Ellen  Smith,  l.s:V.I, 

Mrs.  Hettie  Gooden,  IS.iU, 

Daniel  Cann,   188\l, 

Sarah  Cann,  1839, 

.Mrs.     Mary     Boulden,     (Mrs.     Van 
Vrankin)  IS  Id, 

Mr.  Prinj^le  and  wife,    1S41, 

Mary  E.  Armstrong,  1S41, 

Su.san  Pennington,  1S41, 

PMward  Collins,  1842, 

Thos.  Armstrong,  1842, 

\Vm.  E.  Moore,  1842, 

Jacob  Paris  Moore,  1842, 

Andrew  Mclntire,  Jr.,  1842, 

Nathan  Underwood,  1842, 

W.  W.  Paris,   1842, 

Chas.  E.  Paris,  1842, 

Thos.  Cann,  1842, 

James  Cann,  1842, 

Amelia  Cann,  1842, 

Jane  Stewart,  1842, 

Mary  Stewart,  1842, 

Mary  Cazier,  1842, 

Mary  E.  Mclntire,  ( Mrs.  G.  W.  Bonl- 
den)  1842, 

Lydia  Roop,  1842, 

Anna  Mary  Miles,  1842, 

Isabella  McDowell,  1842, 

Elizabeth  Brown,  1842, 

Elizabeth  i:ollins,  1842, 

Jo.seph  Roop,  1842, 

Geo.  Mclntire,  1842, 

Rebecca  Moore,  1842, 

Eleanor  Boulden,  (  Mrs.  Dan.  Pields) 
1842, 

Mrs.  Grace  Chamberlain,  1842, 

Catharine  Chamberlain,  1842. 

Hannah  Chamberlain,  1S42, 

Mary  Porter,  1842, 

Wm.  Barr  and  Rose  Ann  Barr,  1842, 

Ellen     Thomas,    (Mrs.     Wm.     Mil- 
ward)   1842, 


Margaret  H.  Thomas,  (Mrs.  Veasey) 

1S42, 
Eleanor  Kyle,  1842, 
vSanuiel  vStewart  (of  Seth  )  1842, 
George  Clark  and  Eliza  Clark,  1842, 
Joseph  E.  Miller,   1S44, 
Mrs.  Kennedy,  1844, 
C.  Eugenia  Cazier,  1844, 
Priscilla  Crawford,  1844, 
Mrs.  Jeanette  Cann,  1844, 
Susan  Ann  Ferris,  1844, 
David  Brainerd  P'aris,   1844, 
Jane  Frazer,  1844, 
Sarah  Frazer,  (Mrs.  Boulden)  1844, 
Alex.  Simpson,  1844, 
Sarah  Biggs,  1844, 
Margaret  Biggs,  1844, 
Catharine  King,  1844, 
Mrs.  Hester  vSlack,  1845, 
Mr.  Dunlap,  1845, 
Mrs.  Mary  Morrison,  1845, 
Thomas  Tatlow,  1848, 
Mi.ss  t^nnna  Simkins,  1848, 
Susan  S.  Caulk,  1848, 
Mrs.  Margaret  James,  1848, 
Samuel  F'razer,  1848, 
Emaline  Frazer,  1848, 
Moses  Morrison,  1848, 
Matilda  Janvier,  1848, 
Nathaniel  Jaquet,  1848, 
Wes.sel  Alrichs,  1850, 
John  Alrichs,  1850, 
Mary  Ann  Alrichs,  1850, 
Sarah  Alrichs,  1850, 
Mary  E.  Harman,  1850, 
Sarah  J.  Golley,  1850, 
Catharine  Jones,  1850, 
Mrs.  Mary  Stewart,   1850, 
Alfred  Janvier,  1850, 
James  Frazer,  1850, 
Eliza  Frazer,  1850, 
Louisa  Frazer,  1850, 
Edmund  Frazer,  1850, 
Mar>'  Frazer,  1850, 
Elizabeth  Sterling,  1850, 
Sarah  Eliason,  1850, 
Elmira  Roop,  1850, 


62 


Elizabeth  Underwood,  185U, 

Susan  Gooden,  1850, 

Amelia  Cann,  1850, 

Elizabeth  Collins,  1850, 

Catharine  B.  Stewart,  1850, 

Jane  Conlin,  1850, 

W.  W.  vStewart,  1850, 

Rebecca  B.  Stewart, 

Rebecca  Stewart.  1850, 

Emma  Short,  1851, 

Catharine  Kemether,  1851, 

Mary  Ann  Gooden,  1851, 

Hannah  Ford,  1851, 

Emily  M.  Jarvis,  1855, 

Anne  J.  Stewart,  1855, 

Ann  Eliza  Harman,  1855, 

Catharine  Frazer,  1855, 

Margaretta  Cann,  1855, 

Ann  Jane  Adair,  1855, 

Jacob  Keoleg,  1855, 

Geo.  B.  Clark,  1856, 

Eliza  Clark,  1856, 

Nancy  Woodward,  1856, 

Mary  Jane  Janvier,  1856, 

Mary  vSnsana  Janvier,   1856, 

Mrs.  Jane  Clopper  Pennington,  1856, 

Sarah  Gooden  Janvier,  1856, 

Margaretta  Moore  Short,  1856, 

Anna  Jane  Short,   1856, 

Amelia  P.  Foot,  1858, 

Mary  Ann  Ball,  1858, 

Patience  McAlister,   1858, 

lyewis  E.  Pennington,  1858, 

Ferdinand  Janvier,  1858, 

Wm.  E.  S.  Barr,  1858, 

Samuel  Stidham  Frazer,  1858, 

Israel  Alston  Harman,  1858, 

Charles  B.  Stewart,  1858, 

John  Henry  Clark,  1858, 

Mary  E.  Redmile,  1858, 

Rachel  A.  Ford,  1858, 

Eliza  Jane  Ford,  1858, 

Susan  Boulden  Ford,  1858, 

Eliza  Jane  Ford,  (Barr)  1858, 

Susan  Boulden,  1858, 

Emaline  Boulden,  1858, 

Lydia  A.  Cann,  1858, 

Louisa  A.  Boulden,  1858, 


Susan  E.  Kinkead,  1858, 

Mary  Ann  Harris,  1858, 

Marietta  Cann,  1858, 

Jane  E.  Pennington,  1858, 

Clara  R.  Short,  1858, 

Martha  Ann  Harman,  1858, 

Valentine  Kemether,  1858, 

Alexina  Frazer,  1858, 

David  M.  P'razer,  1858, 

t;ila  Elizabeth  Cann,  1858, 

George  Veach,  1860, 

Rachel  Waugh,  1860, 

Catharine  Caulk,  1860, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Johnson,  1860, 

Samuel  Stewart,  1860, 

Wm.  Wellington  PYazer,  1860, 

Samuel  S.  McCoy,  1860, 

George  Biggs,  1860, 

Ann  Biggs,  I860, 

Susan  Z.  Black,  1864, 

Sallie  M.  Clark,  1864, 

Mary  Ann  Alrichs,  1864, 

Annie  Searle  Clark,  (Mrs.  W.  T.  Skin- 
ner) 1864, 

Mary  E.  Kendall,  1864, 

Mary  Isabella  Black,  1865, 

Adella  A.  Cann,  1865, 

Emma  Frazer,  1865, 

John  H.  P^razer,  1865, 

Ingeber  C.  Frazer,  1865, 

Mrs.  B.  Reed,  1866, 

Lilliore  Clark,  1866, 

Annie  E.  McAulley,  1866, 

Mrs.  Nancy  Allyn,  (P'oot)  Webb,  1866, 

Mary  E.  Webb,   (Mrs.  Cooch)  1866, 

Ellen  S.  Webb,  1866, 

Edward  A.  Webb,  1866, 

Samuel  Mclntire,  (Son  of   Andrew) 
1866, 

Matilda  (Boulden)  Mclntire,  1866, 

Jennie  Boulden,  1866, 

Benjamin  A.  Reed,  1867, 

Rachel  Reed,  1867, 

J.  H.  Heavalow,  1867, 

Caroline  Ziehler,  1867, 

Maria  E.  Biggs,  1867, 
Obed  E.  Thayer,  1867, 
Launcelot  S.  Caulk,  1867, 


63 


Zachary  Taylor  Harris,  1S07, 

John  Johnson,  l<St>7, 

Charles  W.  Harris,  18(17. 

Wni.  Curlett,  1S07, 

Annie  M.  Thompson,  1807, 

Mary  Ann  Garrett.  18()7, 

Isaac  Krazer,  18()7, 

Miss  Charlotte  Bootes,  1807, 

Miss  Amanda  Bootes,  1807, 

Miss  Emma  McAulley,  1807, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Milward,  1808, 

Richard  IMilward,  18(;8, 

John  Waus^h,  180S, 

Samnel  Harris,  Sr.,  1808, 

D.  H.  Cullen,  180il, 

Mrs.  Cullen,  1809, 

vSamuel  Alrichs,  1809, 

.\lbert  J.  Raimond,  1809, 

John  Brown,  1809, 

.Sarah  Brown,  1809. 

\Vm.  H.  Frazer,  18(;9. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Stewart.  1809, 

Celia  Kemether,  1809, 

Daniel  Cann,   1809, 

W.  D.  Adair,  18()9, 

Harriet  Ann  Adair,  18()9. 

Lydia  Ellen  Cann,  1809, 

Mrs.  A.  Sabina  Van  Sant,   1809, 

Ann  Sabina  Heavalow,  1809, 

Anna  M.  Waltz,  1809. 

Andrew  Harnian,   1809, 

Fannie  M.  Boulden,  1809, 

Mary  D.  Simpson,  1809, 

Susan  A.  Veazey.    1809, 

Merrett  H.  Paxson.  1809, 

M.  Anne  Stewart,  1809, 

Miss  Margaret  Adair,  1809, 

Maria  B.  Clark,  1809. 

Laura  Clark,  1809, 

Mary  B.  Cooch,  1809, 

Eliza  Heavalow,  18()9, 

Catharine  Kemether,  1809, 

Zebulon  Hollingsworth  Cooch,  1809, 

Mrs.  Hartenstein,  1809, 

J.  Wilkins  Cooch,  1870, 

Thomas  Brown,  1870, 

Mary  Brown,   1870, 

Lvdia  Paxson.  1870. 


James  Pordham.  1870, 

Mrs.  James  Pordham,  1870, 

Harry  Pordham,  1870, 

Emma  C.  Rogers,  1872, 

Cantwell  Clark,  Jr.,  1872. 

Sophia  Mclntire,  1872, 

Susan  F.  Stewart,  1872, 

John  E.  Gonce,  1872. 

Miss  Hattie  Pordham.  1874. 

Lewis  P.  Ellison,  1875, 

Dr.  \V.  T.  Skinner,  187.'>, 

Martin  Kemether,  187'), 

Pri.scilla  T.  Ellison,  1875, 

Sarah   \V.    Janvier,    (  Mrs.    Raimond ) 

1875, 
James  P.  Ford,  1875, 
Orrie  Ford,  1875, 
Cora  A.  Cann,  1877, 
Mrs.  Annie  Pordham,  1877, 
Martha  Brown,    1878, 
Mary  C.  Boulden,  (Mrs.  Geo.  Boulden, 

Jr.  )  1878, 
Mary  A.  Gonce,  1878, 
Mary  M.  Janvier,  1880, 
Laura  Ferris,  1880. 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Crawford.  1880, 
Mary  C.  Crawford,  1880, 
Annie  E.  Cann,  (wife  of   Robert   M. ) 

1881, 
Hannah  Rogers,  1881, 
Mrs.  C.  L.  B.  Alrichs,  1882, 
Eliza  Rogers,  1882, 

Rebecca  P.  Cann,  (wife  R.  T.  Jr.  )  1882, 
Susan  \V.  Ferris,  1882, 
Kate  J.  Janvier,  1882, 
Eleanor  Veazey,  1884, 
Robert  D.  Brown,  1884, 
George  G.  Brown,  1884, 
Mary  Brown,    1884, 
Caroline  Cooch,  1884, 
Laura  Frazer,  1884, 
Ella  Kendall.  1884. 
Harry  Frazer.  1884, 
Henrj-  Kendall,  1884, 
Frank  V.  Brown,  1884, 
Benoni  Harris,  1884, 
Hannah  Barr,  1884, 
Olivia  Cann,  1884, 


64 


Fannie  Cann,  1884, 
Matilda  Mclntire,  1885, 
L.  F.  Anderson,  (Mrs.  T.  C. )  1885, 
M.  E.  Degen,  1885, 
Mollie  H.  Mclntire,  1885, 
Kate  F.  Ferris,   1885, 
Mary  A.  Brown,  1885, 
Jennie  W.  Marley,  1885, 
Edward  Comley,  1886, 
Elizabeth  Comley,   1886, 
Mary  L.  George,  1886, 
Jennie  M.  Brown,  188G, 
Wm.  R.  Powell,  1886, 
James  T.  Powell,  1886, 
Delaware  Clark,  1886, 
Francis  Allyn  Cooch,  1886, 
Eliza  Capelle,  1886, 
Mary  A.  Burge,  1887, 
Helena  G.  Cann,  1887, 
S.  E.  M.  Brown,  1887. 
Catharine  E.  C.  Warren,   (Mrs.  An- 
drew Cann )  1888, 
Edward  Webb  Cooch,  1888, 
Jeanette  E.  Cann,  1889, 
Mary  L.  Bonlden,  189U, 
Levi  Hollingsworth  Cooch,  1890, 
Clarence  A.  Schockley,  1890, 
Margaret  V.  Lewis,  1890, 
Mrs.  Julia  F.  Cann,  1890, 
Irene  H.  Kendall,  1890, 
Olivia  B.  Cann,  1890, 
Thomas  A.  Brown,  1891, 
Edward  W.  Brown,   1891, 
Philip  Kemether,  1891, 
Emma  Kemether,  1891, 
Frank  Kemether,  1891, 
Joseph  Kemether,  1891, 
Mary  E.  Kemether,  1891, 
Effie  W.  Kendall,  1891, 


Clara  E.  Kendall,  1891, 
Annie  C.  Lomax,   1891, 
Thomas  C.  McCullough,  1891, 
Richard  Brown,  189'J, 
Rachel  Huggins,  1892, 
Mrs.  Chas.  B.  Stewart,  1892, 
Mrs.  A.  R.  Vincent,  1891, 
Laura  A.  Vincent,  1894, 
Margaret  T.  Veazey,  1894, 
Ratie  L.  Thornton,  1895, 
Mrs.  Anna  M.  Johnson,  1895, 
Minnie  H.  Johnson,  1895, 
Armstrong  Brooks,  1896, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Groves,  1896, 
Edna  Cazier,  1899, 
Bradley  J.  Ford,  1899, 
Annie  C.  Skinner,  1899, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Potter,  1899, 
W.  H.  Huggins,  1899, 
Bertha  L.  Huggins,  1899, 
Mary  Kemether,  1899, 
John  M.  Kemether,  1899, 
Sallie  Kemether,  1899, 
Frank  Moody,  1899, 
Lizzie  Moody,  1899, 
James  L.  Stewart,  1899, 
Mary  E.  Stewart,   1899, 
Stella  Stewart,  1899, 
John  Q.  Stewart,  1899, 
J.  Lament  Stewart,  1899, 
Andrew  Spear,  1899, 
Mrs.  Etta  Spear,  1899, 
Hilda  Spear,  1899, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith,  1899, 
Wm.  John  Smith,  1899, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith,  1899, 
Miss  Mary  J.  Smith,  1899, 
Robert  J.  Colbert,  1899, 
Mrs.  Nettie  Colbert,  1899. 


Of  all  who  joined  before  1831,  none  survive. 

Of  those  who  joined  in  1831,  possibly  one  survives. 

Of    those  who  joined   in    1832,  two  survive,  and  of  36  who 
joined  in  1842,  five  survive. 

Of  13  who  joined  in  1844,  but  one  survives. 


NAMES  OF  COMMUNICANTS  OMITTED. 

Valentine  Keniether,  18')S,  Mcrrett  H.  Paxson,  18il2, 

Ullie  Jeanette  Cann,  1S70,  Clara  W.  E.  Paxson,  1892, 

Ivut^^ene  E.  Paxson,  1SU2,  Harold  H.  Spear,  1899. 


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